University of Chicago Press
A Rainbow Palate: How Chemical Dyes Changed the West's Relationship with Food
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- Carolyn Cobbold
- University of Chicago Press
- Hardcover
- 9780226727059
- 9.1 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches
- 1.15 pounds
- Science > Chemistry - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In A Rainbow Palate, Carolyn Cobbold explores how the widespread use of new chemical substances influenced perceptions and understanding of food, science, and technology, as well as trust in science and scientists. Because the new dyes were among the earliest contested chemical additives in food, the battles over their use offer striking insights and parallels into today's international struggles surrounding chemical, food, and trade regulation.
Author Bio
Dr Carolyn Cobbold is a Research Fellow, investigating food in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the mutual interactions of science, commerce, industry, government, journalism, culture and law. She completed a history of science PhD at Cambridge University after an early career in journalism.
She has also been actively involved in community work, including leading a groundbreaking coastal-planning partnership, serving as a governor for a primary and secondary school, and working as a volunteer at a homeless hostel. Dr Cobbold is a council member of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2016 for her work on climate-change mitigation and community engagement.
Source: Clare Hall Cambridge - Cambridge University
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