American pests [electronic resource] : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / James E. McWilliams.
By: McWilliams, James E.
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BookPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2008Description: 296 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Insect pests -- Control -- United States -- History | Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Pesticides -- Political aspects -- United States | Ethnoentomology -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 632/.70973 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-284) and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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