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

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Autore principale:	McWilliams, James E.
Ente Autore:	ebrary, Inc
Natura:	Elettronico eBook
Lingua:	inglese
Pubblicazione:	New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Soggetti:	Insect pests > Control > United States > History. Pesticides > Environmental aspects > United States. Pesticides > Political aspects > United States. Ethnoentomology > United States. Electronic books.
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"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.

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