{"product_id":"the-chemistry-of-fear-9781421439952","title":"The Chemistry of Fear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating examination of the controversial work of Harvey Wiley, the founder of the pure food movement and an early crusader against the use of additives and preservatives in food.   Though trained as a medical doctor, chemist Harvey Wiley spent most of his professional life advocating for pure foodfood free of both adulterants and preservatives. A strong proponent of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, still the basis of food safety legislation in the United States, Wiley gained fame for what became known as the Poison Squad experimentsa series of tests in which, to learn more about the effects of various chemicals on the human body, Wiley's own employees at the Department of Agriculture agreed to consume food mixed with significant amounts of various additives, including borax, saltpeter, copper sulfate, sulfuric acid, and formaldehyde. One hundred years later, Wiley's influence lives on in many of our current popular ideas about food: that the wrong food can kill you; that the r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Rees's new biography of Wiley, \u003ci\u003eThe Chemistry of Fear: Harvey Wiley's Fight for Pure Food\u003c\/i\u003e, is not only about Wiley, but about scientific progress, the meaning of food and health, progressivism, the bureaucratic state, and that place where science and publicity meet. It's a great read.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHistorically Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Who Was Harvey Wiley?\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. Indiana \u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. Honey\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. Sugar Beets\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four. Adulterated Food\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five. Meat\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six. Pure Food\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven. Whiskey\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight. Enforcement\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine. Saccharin and Ketchup\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten. Drugs\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven. Bleached Flour and Baking Powder\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve. Coca-Cola\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen. Resignation\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen. The \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping \u003c\/i\u003eYears\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. Wiley's Legacy\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408141001047,"sku":"9781421439952","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421439952.jpg?v=1730501736","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-chemistry-of-fear-9781421439952","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}