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- 2008009688 abstract "From the Publisher: Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it. Through a fascinating mixture of cultural and scientific history, food politics, and culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified, and even poisoned our food throughout history. In the hands of people and corporations who have prized profits above the health of consumers, food and drink have been tampered with in often horrifying ways-padded, diluted, contaminated, substituted, mislabeled, misnamed, or otherwise faked. Swindled gives a panoramic view of this history, from the leaded wine of the ancient Romans to today's food frauds-such as fake organics and the scandal of Chinese babies being fed bogus milk powder. Wilson pays special attention to nineteenth-and twentieth-century America and England and their roles in developing both industrial-scale food adulteration and the scientific ability to combat it. As Swindled reveals, modern science has both helped and hindered food fraudsters-increasing the sophistication of scams but also the means to detect them. The big breakthrough came in Victorian England when a scientist first put food under the microscope and found that much of what was sold as genuine coffee was anything but-and that you couldn't buy pure mustard in all of London. Arguing that industrialization, laissez-faire politics, and globalization have all hurt the quality of food, but also that food swindlers have always been helped by consumer ignorance, Swindled ultimately calls for both governments and individuals to be more vigilant. In fact, Wilson suggests, one of our best protections is simply to reeducate ourselves about the joys of food and cooking.".
- 2008009688 contributor B11082515.
- 2008009688 created "c2008.".
- 2008009688 date "2008".
- 2008009688 date "c2008.".
- 2008009688 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2008009688 description "From the Publisher: Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it. Through a fascinating mixture of cultural and scientific history, food politics, and culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified, and even poisoned our food throughout history. In the hands of people and corporations who have prized profits above the health of consumers, food and drink have been tampered with in often horrifying ways-padded, diluted, contaminated, substituted, mislabeled, misnamed, or otherwise faked. Swindled gives a panoramic view of this history, from the leaded wine of the ancient Romans to today's food frauds-such as fake organics and the scandal of Chinese babies being fed bogus milk powder. Wilson pays special attention to nineteenth-and twentieth-century America and England and their roles in developing both industrial-scale food adulteration and the scientific ability to combat it. As Swindled reveals, modern science has both helped and hindered food fraudsters-increasing the sophistication of scams but also the means to detect them. The big breakthrough came in Victorian England when a scientist first put food under the microscope and found that much of what was sold as genuine coffee was anything but-and that you couldn't buy pure mustard in all of London. Arguing that industrialization, laissez-faire politics, and globalization have all hurt the quality of food, but also that food swindlers have always been helped by consumer ignorance, Swindled ultimately calls for both governments and individuals to be more vigilant. In fact, Wilson suggests, one of our best protections is simply to reeducate ourselves about the joys of food and cooking.".
- 2008009688 description "German ham and English pickles -- Jug of wine, a loaf of bread -- Government mustard -- Pink margarine and pure ketchup -- Mock goslings and pear-nanas -- Basmati rice and baby milk -- Epilogue: Adulteration in the twenty-first century.".
- 2008009688 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-361) and index.".
- 2008009688 extent "xiv, 384 p. :".
- 2008009688 identifier "9780691138206 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- 2008009688 issued "2008".
- 2008009688 issued "c2008.".
- 2008009688 language "eng".
- 2008009688 publisher "Princeton : Princeton University Press,".
- 2008009688 subject "363.19/26 22".
- 2008009688 subject "Food contamination History.".
- 2008009688 subject "Food industry and trade History.".
- 2008009688 subject "TX531 .W688 2008".
- 2008009688 tableOfContents "German ham and English pickles -- Jug of wine, a loaf of bread -- Government mustard -- Pink margarine and pure ketchup -- Mock goslings and pear-nanas -- Basmati rice and baby milk -- Epilogue: Adulteration in the twenty-first century.".
- 2008009688 title "Swindled : the dark history of food fraud, from poisoned candy to counterfeit coffee / Bee Wilson.".
- 2008009688 type "text".