American pests : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT /

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From the Publisher: The world of insects is one we only dimly understand. Yet from using arsenic, cobalt, and quicksilver to kill household infiltrators to employing the sophisticated tools of the Orkin Man, Americans have fought to eradicate the "bugs" they have learned to hate. Inspired...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McWilliams, James E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Insect pests > Control > United States > History.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects > United States.
Pesticides > Political aspects > United States.
Ethnoentomology > United States.
Insectes nuisibles > Lutte contre > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pesticides > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Ethnoentomologie > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.
Ethnoentomology
Insect pests > Control
Pesticides > Environmental aspects
Bekämpfung
Insekten
Insektenbekämpfung > USA > Geschichte.
Insektizid > Umweltbelastung > USA > Geschichte.
Mensch > Insekten.
Insekten > Mensch.
Insekten.
Schädlingsbekämpfung.
Insektizid.
Insect pests.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
United States
USA
USA.
History
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