Pure Food: Securing the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906

by James Harvey Young

Book Overview

"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 significant strand. In the vivid style familiar to readers of his earlier works, The Toadstool Millionaires and The Medical Messiahs, Young sets the pure food movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691047634
• ISBN13: 9780691047638
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"