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DDT and the American century : global health, environmental politics, and the pesticide that changed the world / David Kinkela.

Van Pelt Library SB952.D2 K56 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kinkela, David.
Series:
Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state
The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
DDT (Insecticide)--History--20th century.
DDT (Insecticide).
Insect pests--Control--History--20th century.
Insect pests.
DDT (Insecticide)--Environmental aspects.
Insect pests--Control.
History.
Physical Description:
xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780807835098
0807835099
OCLC:
711043279

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