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Review 'As Benjamin R. Cohen notes in his thoughtful book�Pure Adulteration, it is difficult to find a time or a place in history that lacks purveyors of food and drink attempting to cheat their unsuspecting customers. [Cohen] brings up the age-old problem of adulteration as essential context for his more recent case study of the underlying issues. . . . [He asks]�a range of provocative and intriguing questions about U.S. food systems. What, for example, does this fight for food purity tell us about the changing nature of the country; its shifting culture, commerce, and politics; and its emerging scientific power?' (Science)'Cohen is a historian and engineer, and his book is erudite and whimsical, richly documented with vintage advertisements and production statistics. . . .�[He] walks us through a formative moment.' (Literary Review of Canada)'Cohen has assembled a compelling set of stories, recounting the deeds of food charlatans and chemists of various stripes, and uses these stories to open up his serious exploration of the place of food in modernity�s radical reorientation of relations with nature. It�s a work of revelation, uncovering the many hidden ingredients that have gone into the foods we consume.' (Douglas C. Sackman, author of Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden)'A richly detailed, intellectually sophisticated account of the conflicts at the core of our personal and social identities. Cohen wears his learning lightly and knows how to tell a good story, so the book is a pleasure to read as well as a fresh and illuminating perspective on a central theme in American cultural history.' (Jackson Lears, author of Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877�1920)'What makes some foods pure and real and others not?�Cohen traces the colorful history�and geography�of this question. Timely and engaging, Pure Adulteration shows that industrialization changed not just where food comes from but also where and to whom we look for reasons to trust it.' (Susanne Freidberg, author of Fresh: A Perishable History)'Cohen�s important book corrects standard narratives of adulteration and regulation, which tend to give outsized credit to Harvey Wiley and�The Jungle. He demonstrates persuasively that American ideas about �purity� changed enormously over the time period he considers, moving from an experiential and primarily agricultural concept to a consumer-oriented standard whose ultimate arbiter was laboratory analysis.' (Helen Zoe Veit, Michigan State University) Read more About the Author Benjamin R. Cohen is associate professor at Lafayette College. He is the author of Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside and coeditor of Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement. Read more
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