American pests the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT /

में बचाया:
ग्रंथसूची विवरण
मुख्य लेखक: McWilliams, James E.
निगमित लेखक: ebrary, Inc
स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक ई-पुस्तक
भाषा:अंग्रेज़ी
प्रकाशित: New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
विषय:
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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विषय - सूची:
  • "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.