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

American pests : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / / James E. McWilliams.

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American pests [electronic resource] : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / 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 United States History.
Pesticides Environmental aspects United States.
Pesticides Political aspects United States.
Ethnoentomology United States.
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American pests the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT /
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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.
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