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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Autor principal: Mart, Michelle, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Public opinion.
Pesticides > Social aspects.
Pesticides > Public opinion.
Pesticides.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Ecology.
Agricultural chemicals.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Homme > 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 > 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.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
United States > Environmental conditions.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
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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