The fire ant wars : nature, science, and public policy in twentieth-century America /

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Telling the story of the ill-fated campaigns to eradicate the fire ant from American soil, this is also the history of changing attitudes to nature, to science & a reconsideration of the place of humankind in the natural world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buhs, Joshua Blu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Temas:
1900-1999
Fire ants > Control > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Fire ants > Control > Environmental aspects > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Insecticides > Environmental aspects > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Insecticides > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Fire ants > Control
Insecticides > Environmental aspects
Southern States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From South America to the American South, 1900-1950
  • Grins a prohibitive fracture, 1945-1957
  • Fire ants, from savage to invincible, 1957-1972
  • The fire ant wars, 1958-1983
  • The practice of nature, 1978-2000.

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