Article ID: CBB251206569

'From Now on We All Demand: Give Us Pure Ice!' - Natural and Artificial Ice in the Service of Food Hygiene in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Helsinki, Finland (2020)

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This study examines how natural and manufactured ice were embraced in the expanding realm of urban hygiene in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki during the latter half of the nineteenth century and especially during the first half of the twentieth century. The study reveals the ambivalent nature of ice, as it was used as a mediator of coldness for refrigeration purposes. While it benefited hygienic food preservation, it was increasingly perceived as a potential transmitter of pathogenic bacteria, and thus a hygienic risk. The study addresses the ambiguous questions surrounding purity with regard to natural resources and their 'artificial' alternatives by linking them to the, then, increasingly topical problem of environmental pollution within the context of a rapidly urbanising and modernising city. The study contributes to the increasing number of environmental historical studies on the diverse aspects of the cryosphere by broadening the focus to urban regions.

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Authors & Contributors
Rees, Jonathan
Thoms, Ulrike
Zucconi, Guido
Vennen, Mareike
Syon, Guillaume de
Reif-Acherman, Simón
Concepts
Food preservation
Food industry and trade
Food science; food technology
Urban history
Refrigeration
Food and foods
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Medieval
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
Helsinki (Finland)
Athens (Greece)
Dublin (Ireland)
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Institutions
Oxford University
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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