American pests the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT /
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a American pests |h [electronic resource] : |b the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / |c James E. McWilliams. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Columbia University Press, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a 296 p. : |b ill., maps. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-284) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "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. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2011. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Insect pests |x Control |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Pesticides |x Environmental aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Pesticides |x Political aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ethnoentomology |z United States. | |
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