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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix

Introduction 1
1. Condensed Milk: The Development of the Early Canning Industry 10
2. Growing a Better Pea: Canners, Farmers, and Agricultural Scientists in the 1910s and 1920s 41
3. Poisoned Olives: Consumer Fear and Expert Collaboration 74
4. Grade A Tomatoes: Labeling Debates and Consumers in the New Deal 103
5. Fighting for Safe Tuna: Postwar Challenges to Processed Food 135
6. BPA in Campbell’s Soup: New Threats to an Entrenched Food System 163
Conclusion 186

Acknowledgments 195
Notes 199
Selected Bibliography 251
Index 261

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 11/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780520322769, 978-0520322769
    ISBN10: 0520322762

    Description

    Book Synopsis


    Table of Contents
    List of Illustrations ix

    Introduction 1
    1. Condensed Milk: The Development of the Early Canning Industry 10
    2. Growing a Better Pea: Canners, Farmers, and Agricultural Scientists in the 1910s and 1920s 41
    3. Poisoned Olives: Consumer Fear and Expert Collaboration 74
    4. Grade A Tomatoes: Labeling Debates and Consumers in the New Deal 103
    5. Fighting for Safe Tuna: Postwar Challenges to Processed Food 135
    6. BPA in Campbell’s Soup: New Threats to an Entrenched Food System 163
    Conclusion 186

    Acknowledgments 195
    Notes 199
    Selected Bibliography 251
    Index 261

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