Introduction
Milk : some scientific ins and outs
From the cradle of dairying to the English manor
The rise of drinking-milk
Setting the stage for pasteurization
Pasteurization : the game-changing years and Nathan Straus
Sour milk, briefly rethought
Milk for the masses : the price to be paid
Technology in overdrive I : the animals
Technology in overdrive II : the milk
Reviving the raw milk cause
The future.