Capitalist food production and the rise of legal adulteration
Regulating food standards in 19th-century Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2285668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sébastien Rioux (0000-0001-6699-7438, Department of Geography Université de Montréal Montreal Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-81 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/joac.12265 |
| OpenAlex | W2800912360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper argues that food adulteration is constitutive of capitalist food production. Through an analysis of the plasticity of legal reasoning on food regulations during the second half of the 19th century in Britain, the paper demonstrates the key role of the state in enforcing the distinction between legal and illegal forms of food adulteration, which is essential to understand contemporary dynamics in food production
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