American pests
McWilliams, James E.
American pests the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / [electronic resource] : James E. McWilliams. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - 296 p. : ill., maps.
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.
Insect pests--Control--History.--United States
Pesticides--Environmental aspects--United States.
Pesticides--Political aspects--United States.
Ethnoentomology--United States.
Electronic books.
SB950.2.A1 / M39 2008
632/.70973
American pests the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / [electronic resource] : James E. McWilliams. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - 296 p. : ill., maps.
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.
Insect pests--Control--History.--United States
Pesticides--Environmental aspects--United States.
Pesticides--Political aspects--United States.
Ethnoentomology--United States.
Electronic books.
SB950.2.A1 / M39 2008
632/.70973