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The Politics of Purity : Harvey Washington Wiley and the Origins of Federal Food Policy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472027255
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics of PurityLOC classification:
  • KF1900
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Theory of Economic Regulation -- 2. The Way We Are -- 3. Competition and Entrepreneurship in Bureaucracy: Harvey Wiley's Bureau of Chemistry, 1883-1903 -- 4. The Struggle for Legislative Dominance, 1903-4 -- 5. The Struggle for Legislative Dominance, 1904-6 -- 6. Setting Food Standards by Government Regulation -- 7. The Whiskey Years -- 8. Sulphur and Benzoate of Soda -- 9. Corn Syrup and Coca-Cola -- 10. Administrative Dominance under President Taft -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Reveals how the Pure Food and Drugs Act was influenced by competition among government bureaus and commercial interests.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Theory of Economic Regulation -- 2. The Way We Are -- 3. Competition and Entrepreneurship in Bureaucracy: Harvey Wiley's Bureau of Chemistry, 1883-1903 -- 4. The Struggle for Legislative Dominance, 1903-4 -- 5. The Struggle for Legislative Dominance, 1904-6 -- 6. Setting Food Standards by Government Regulation -- 7. The Whiskey Years -- 8. Sulphur and Benzoate of Soda -- 9. Corn Syrup and Coca-Cola -- 10. Administrative Dominance under President Taft -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Reveals how the Pure Food and Drugs Act was influenced by competition among government bureaus and commercial interests.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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