The politics of purity

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"Spearheaded by Harvey Washington Wiley, the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 launched the federal regulation of food and drugs in the United States. Wiley is often lauded as a champion of public interest for bringing about a law that required healthful ingredients and honest labeling. Clayton A. Coppin and Jack High demonstrate, however, that Wiley was in fact surreptitiously allied with business firms that would benefit from regulation and, moreover, would help him build his government agency, the Federal Bureau of Chemistry."--BOOK JACKET. "This book will interest scholars concerned with government regulation, including those in economics, political science, history, or business."--Jacket.