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Sacred cow, mad cow : a history of food fears  Cover Image Book Book

Sacred cow, mad cow : a history of food fears / Madeleine FerrieÌres ; translated by Jody Gladding.

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  • ISBN: 0231131925 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780231131926 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 399 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: American ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-371) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Forbidden meats. -- Political meat. -- The birth of the consumer. -- The vigilant consumer. -- The phobia of new plants. -- Bread on trial. -- Silent fears. -- The paÌteÌ and the garden. -- Hungarian cattle disease. -- From the epizootic to the epidemic. -- The politics of precaution. -- The dangers of imperfect metals. -- Health conflicts. -- Bourgeois serenity. -- English cattle disease. -- The poisoners of Chicago.
Language Note:
Translated from the French.
Subject: Nutritionally induced diseases > France > History.
Food habits > Psychological aspects.
Food > Safety measures > France > History.
Food > Toxicology > France > History.
Food adulteration and inspection > France > History.
Angst.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library RC 622 .F47613 2006 30536071 General Collection Available -

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