Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty : Canada's Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930 / Mark Kuhlberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuhlberg, Mark, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerial spraying and dusting in forestry.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 2021.

Summary:

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty chronicles Canada's remarkable program in the wake of the First World War to kill forest pests using poison dropped from aircraft.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Images

Acknowledgments

Maps

Introduction "The natural question is what can be done to destroy them?"

1 "Airplane dusting offers the only present hope": Preparing to Take Canada's Campaign against Forest Insects to the Sky, 1884-1926

2 "One of the first aerial applications of an insecticide in forestry": The Politics of Battling the Spruce Budworm in Nova Scotia, 1925-1927

3 "Fighting insect plagues is something new": Aerial Dusting for Industrial Forestry in Ontario and Quebec, 1928-1929

4 "For the sake of this beautiful playground": Killing the Hemlock Looper in Muskoka, 1927-1929

5 "You cannot control an infestation such as this with toys": Poisoning Forest Pests in British Columbia, 1913-1929

6 "Carrying out this work, of a protective nature": Combatting Forest Insects in Seymour Canyon and Stanley Park, British Columbia, 1929-1930

Conclusion "We feel that the technique of airplane dusting has now been perfected": Our Enigmatic View of Nature and the Lessons to Be Drawn

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4875-3943-6

1-4875-3942-8

OCLC:

1273197815