American pests : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / / James E. McWilliams.
Saved in:
: | |
---|---|
TeilnehmendeR: | |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 296 p. :; ill., maps. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
LEADER | 02266nam a2200421 a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 500908232 | ||
003 | MiAaPQ | ||
005 | 20200520144314.0 | ||
006 | m o d | | ||
007 | cr cn||||||||| | ||
008 | 080122s2008 nyuab sb 001 0 eng d | ||
010 | |z 2008001756 | ||
020 | |z 9780231139427 (cloth alk. paper) | ||
020 | |z 023113942X (cloth alk. paper) | ||
020 | |a 9780231511360 (electronic bk.) | ||
035 | |a (MiAaPQ)500908232 | ||
035 | |a (Au-PeEL)EBL908232 | ||
035 | |a (CaPaEBR)ebr10587537 | ||
035 | |a (CaONFJC)MIL853895 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)809761554 | ||
040 | |a MiAaPQ |c MiAaPQ |d MiAaPQ | ||
043 | |a n-us--- | ||
050 | 4 | |a SB950.2.A1 |b M39 2008 | |
082 | 0 | 4 | |a 632/.70973 |2 22 |
100 | 1 | |a McWilliams, James E. | |
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest 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. | |
655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
710 | 2 | |a ProQuest (Firm) | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=908232 |z Click to View |