Pure Food : : Securing the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 / / James Harvey Young.

"Pure food" became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a signif...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1989
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1004
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. A "Murderous Traffic" in Imported Drugs
  • II. Mercury, Meat, and Milk
  • III. A Broad Concern Brought before the Congress
  • IV. "This Greasy Counterfeit"
  • V. The Impact of Technology on Diet and Dosing
  • VI. Initiative for a Law Resumed
  • VII. Progress toward a Law
  • VIII. Combining and Crusading for a Law
  • IX. Prelude to Victory
  • X. The Jungle and the Meat-Inspection Amendments
  • XI. The Law Secured
  • XII. The Law Interpreted
  • Index