Pesticides, a love story : America's enduring embrace of dangerous chemicals /

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"A provocative cultural history of pesticides and their controversial use and depiction in the United States. Mart contends that--despite the sharp concerns raised by environmentalists and others since the appearance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring--Americans have not only never resolved...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mart, Michelle, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Colección:Culture America.
Temas:
Since 1945
Nature > Effect of human beings on > United States > History.
Public opinion > United States > History.
Pesticides > United States > Public opinion > History.
Pesticides > Social aspects > United States > History.
Agricultural chemicals > United States > History.
Pesticides > United States > History.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pesticides > États-Unis > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Pesticides > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Produits chimiques agricoles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pesticides > États-Unis > Histoire.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Agricultural chemicals
Ecology
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Pesticides
Pesticides > Public opinion
Pesticides > Social aspects
Public opinion
Social conditions
United States > Environmental conditions.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
United States
History
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Falling in Love : The Golden Age of Synthetic Pesticides
  • Trouble in Paradise : The USDA and the Rise of Critical Voices
  • Breakup? : The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
  • Foreign Affairs : How Pesticides Could Help Americans Feed the World and Win a War
  • The Twenty-Year Itch : Activists, Experts, and the Regulatory Era
  • Love Is Blind : Chemical Disasters at Home and Abroad
  • Recommitment : Endocrine Disruptors, GMOs, and Organic Food.

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