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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     McWilliams, James E.     Subjects     Insect pests -- Control -- United States -- History.     Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States.     Pesticides -- Political aspects -- United States.     Ethnoentomology -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McWilliams, James E.       by title:      American pests : the...         MARC Display

American pests : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / James E. McWilliams. by McWilliams, James E. New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. Subjects Insect pests -- Control -- United States -- History.   Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States.   Pesticides -- Political aspects -- United States.   Ethnoentomology -- United States. ISBN:  9780231139427 (cloth : alk. paper) 023113942X (cloth : alk. paper) Description:  296 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Contents:  "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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 632.70973 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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