Liquid Materialities: A History Of Milk, Science And The Law

by Peter Atkins

2021-01-09 07:12:43

As a food, milk has been revered and ignored, respected and feared. In the face of its ''material resistance'', attempts were made to purify it of dirt and disease, and to standardize its fat content. This is a history of the struggle to bring milk ... Read more
As a food, milk has been revered and ignored, respected and feared. In the face of its ''material resistance'', attempts were made to purify it of dirt and disease, and to standardize its fat content. This is a history of the struggle to bring milk under control, to manipulate its naturally variable composition and, as a result, to redraw the boundaries between nature and society. Peter Atkins follows two centuries of dynamic and intriguing food history, shedding light on the resistance of natural products to the ordering of science. After this look at the stuff in foodstuffs, it is impossible to see the modern diet in the same way again. Less

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File size9.41 X 7.24 X 0.98 in
Print pages356
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Publication date January 28, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780754679219
Peter Atkins is the author of about 70 books, including the world-renowned and widely used Physical Chemistry, now in its 10th edition. He won the Grady-Stack award for science journalism in 2016. Aft...

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