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000322805 1001_ $$aMcWilliams, James E.
000322805 24510 $$aAmerican pests :$$bthe losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT /$$cJames E. McWilliams.
000322805 260__ $$aNew York :$$bColumbia University Press,$$cc2008.
000322805 300__ $$a296 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm.
000322805 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-284) and index.
000322805 5050_ $$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.
000322805 650_0 $$aInsect pests$$xControl$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000322805 650_0 $$aPesticides$$xEnvironmental aspects$$zUnited States.
000322805 650_0 $$aPesticides$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States.
000322805 650_0 $$aEthnoentomology$$zUnited States.
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