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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Spiekermann, Uwe |
| Title, Analytic | Dangerous Meat? German-American Quarrels over Pork and Beef, 1870-1900 |
| Journal Title | Bulletin of the German Historical Institute |
| Date of Publication | Spring 2010 |
| Issue ID | 46 |
| Location in Work | 93-110, ill. |
| ISSN | 1048-9134 |
| Abstract | Since the early 1860s, "meat quality was one of the most controversial issues in German-American trade relations. . . . "Emerging medical and bacteriological research detected and defined a growing number of zoonoses that had been unknown before. The spreading knowledge on food-related health risks led to growing concerns among experts, in the general public, and in politics." By 1900, Germany decided to close their market to American meat. In America, trichinosis was presented as being prevalent among victims with German background, and attributed to cultural and traditional ways of eating food, i.e., with accusations that Germans "ate greedily" without properly cooking their ham. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | 19th century/ Relations, Germany-US/ Medicine & Health/ Food/ Trade/ National characteristics, German -- Public opinion, American |