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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2008001756 Type of material Book Personal name McWilliams, James E. Main title American pests: the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / James E. McWilliams. Published/Created New York: Columbia University Press, c2008. Description 296 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 9780231139427 (cloth: alk. paper) 023113942X (cloth: alk. paper) 9780231511360 (electronic) 0231511361 (electronic) LC classification SB950.2. A1 M39 2008 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. LC Subjects Insect pests--Control--United States--History. Pesticides--Environmental aspects--United States. Pesticides--Political aspects--United States. Ethnoentomology--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-284) and index. Dewey class no. 632/.70973 Geographic area code n-us---NAL class no. SB950.2. A1 M39 2008 National bib no. GBA858871 National bib agency no. 014595614 Other system no. (OCoLC)187394546 (OCoLC)ocn187394546
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