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AuthorMcWilliams, James E.TitleAmerican pests : the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT / James E. McWilliams.PublishedNew York : Columbia University Press, c2008.FormatBook
Description296 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

NotesIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-284) and index.
Contents"The insect tribes still maintain their ground": insects and early Americans -- "There is no royal road to the destruction of bugs": the rise of the professionals -- "Let us conquer space": breaking the plains and fighting the insects -- "A great schemer": Charles V. Riley and the broken promises of early insecticides -- "Let us spray": mosquitoes, war, and chemicals -- "Vot iss de effidence?": residues, regulations, and the politics of protecting insecticides -- "Complaints are coming in": a year in the life of an insecticide nation, 1938 -- "Let’s put our heads together and start a new country up": silent springs and loud protests.
ISBN9780231139427023113942X97802315113600231511361SubjectInsect pests -- Control -- United States -- History.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Pesticides -- Political aspects -- United States.
Ethnoentomology -- United States.

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