The Mosquito Crusades : : A History of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day / / Gordon Patterson.
Among the struggles of the twentieth century, the one between humans and mosquitoes may have been the most vexing, as demonstrated by the long battle to control these bloodsucking pests. As vectors of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, encephalitis, and dengue fever, mosquitoes forced open a ne...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Guardians of Paradise
- Chapter 1. Waging War on the Insect Menace
- Chapter 2. The Garden State Takes the Lead
- Chapter 3. A Continental Crusade
- Chapter 4. Public Health, Race, and Mosquitoes
- Chapter 5. Widening the Campaign
- Chapter 6. Advances and Retreats during the Great Depression
- Chapter 7. Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Chapter 8. The Postwar Era
- Chapter 9. Discontent and Resistance
- Epilogue. The End of the Crusade
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author