| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 252 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Heartland foodways
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Heartland foodways.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The burden of bread: bread before baking powder -- The liberation of cake: chemical independence, 1796 -- The rise of baking powder business: the Northeast, 1856-1876 -- The advertising war begins: corporate cookbooks, 1876-1888 -- The cream of tartar wars: battle royal, 1888-1899 -- The rise of baking powder business: the Midwest, 1880s-1890s -- The pure food war: outlaws in Missouri, 1899-1906 -- The alum war and World War I: "what a fumin' about egg albumen," 1907-1920 -- The Federal Trade Commission wars: the final federal battle, 1920-1929 -- The price war: the fight for the national market, 1930-1950 -- Baking powder today: post-World War II to the twenty-first century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Baking powder -- United States -- History.
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Baking powder. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Baking powder -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Civitello, Linda. Baking powder wars. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017] 9780252041082 (DLC) 2016055808 |
| ISBN |
9780252099632 (electronic book) |
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025209963X (electronic book) |
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9780252041082 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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