American pests : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / / James E. McWilliams.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 296 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of 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.