8. Food & the Government Chemist

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on the Digital Companion to This Book ix
4. Table of Maps xi
5. Prologue xiii
6. 1. The Appearance of Being Earnest 1
7. I. The Culture of Adulteration
8. 2. Surfaces & Interiors 23
9. 3. Household, Grocer & Trust 45
10. II. The Geography of Adulteration
11. 4. Margarine in a Dairy World 75
12. 5. Oil without Olives & Lard without Hogs 111
13. 6. Glucose in the Empire of Sugar 143
14. III. The Analysis of Adulteration
15. 7. Analysis as Border Patrol 175
16. 8. Food & the Government Chemist 201
17. Epilogue. The Persistence of Adulteration 233
18. Acknowledgments 243
19. Notes 247
20. Bibliography 283
21. Index 303