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The politics of purity : Harvey Washington Wiley and the origins of Federal food policy / Clayton A. Coppin and Jack High.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coppin, Clayton A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Competition, Unfair--United States--History.
- Competition, Unfair.
- Food law and legislation--United States--History.
- Food law and legislation.
- Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930.
- Wiley, Harvey Washington.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reveals how the Pure Food and Drugs Act was influenced by competition among government bureaus and commercial interests
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-76108-0
- 9786612761089
- 0-472-02725-5
- OCLC:
- 729020549
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