Food, Science, Policy and Regulation in the Twentieth Century: International and Comparative Perspectives (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)

. Ed(s): Phillips, Jim; Smith, David F.

ISBN 10: 1138974455 / ISBN 13: 9781138974456

Published by Routledge, 2016

About this Item

This highly topical book offers a comprehensive study of the interaction of food, politics and science over the last hundred years. A range of important case studies, from pasteurisation in Britain to the E coli outbreak offers new material for those interested in science policy and the role of expertise in modern political culture. Editor(s): Phillips, Jim; Smith, David F. Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 517. . 2016. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Food, Science, Policy and Regulation in the Twentieth Century: International and Comparative Perspectives (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138974455
• ISBN 13: 9781138974456
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This highly topical book offers a comprehensive study of the interaction of food, politics and science over the last hundred years. A range of important case studies, from pasteurisation in Britain to the E coli outbreak offers new material for those interested in science policy and the role of expertise in modern political culture.

About the Author

David F. Smith lectures in the history of medicine at the University of Aberdeen. He has long-standing interests in the history of nutrition, and edited Nutrition in Britain. He co-ordinates the Wellcome-Trust-funded project on the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak., Jim Phillips lectures in economic and social history at the University of Glasgow. He has written widely on British labour, economic and social history. His co-authored publications include articles on food adulteration, arsenic poisoning and milk safety, and Cheated Not Poisoned: Food Regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875–1938.