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Author McWilliams, James E.

Title American pests [electronic resource] : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / James E. McWilliams.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 296 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-284) and index.
Contents "The insect tribes still maintain their ground" : insects and early Americans -- "There is no royal road to the destruction of bugs" : the rise of the professionals -- "Let us conquer space" : breaking the plains and fighting the insects -- "A great schemer" : Charles V. Riley and the broken promises of early insecticides -- "Let us spray" : mosquitoes, war, and chemicals -- "Vot iss de effidence?" : residues, regulations, and the politics of protecting insecticides -- "Complaints are coming in" : a year in the life of an insecticide nation, 1938 -- "Let's put our heads together and start a new country up" : silent springs and loud protests.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Insect pests -- Control -- United States -- History.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Pesticides -- Political aspects -- United States.
Ethnoentomology -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780231139427 (cloth alk. paper)
023113942X (cloth alk. paper)
9780231511360 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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