| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state |
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Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state.
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| Contents |
DDT and the American Century -- An island in a sea of disease: DDT enters a global war -- Disease, DDT, and development: the American Century in Italy -- Science in the service of agriculture: DDT and the beginning of the green revolution in Mexico -- The age of wreckers and exterminators: eradication in the postwar world -- Green revolutions in conflict: debating Silent spring, food, and science during the Cold War -- It's all or nothing: debating DDT and development under the law -- One man's pesticide is another man's poison: the controversy continues -- Rethinking DDT in a global age |
| Summary |
The banning of DDT in the United States, spurred in part by the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's environmental classic Silent Spring, is generally regarded as a watershed moment and signal triumph for the American environmental movement. But in this tr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
DDT (Insecticide) -- History -- 20th century
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Insect pests -- Control -- History -- 20th century
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DDT (Insecticide) -- Environmental aspects
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Pest Control.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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DDT (Insecticide)
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DDT (Insecticide) -- Environmental aspects
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Insect pests -- Control
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011015416 |
| ISBN |
0807869309 |
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9780807869307 |
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9781469602639 |
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1469602636 |
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