American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments
Introduction. "The Dunghill of Men's Passions": The Insect Paradox
1. "The Insect Tribes Still Maintain Their Ground": Insects and Early Americans
2. "There Is No Royal Road to the Destruction of Bugs": The Rise of the Professionals
3. "Let Us Conquer Space": Breaking the Plains and Fighting the Insects
4. "A Great Schemer": Charles V. Riley and the Broken Promises of Early Insecticides
5. "Let Us Spray": Mosquitoes, War, and Chemicals
6. "Vot Iss de Effidence?": Residues, Regulations, and the Politics of Protecting Insecticides
7. "Complaints Are Coming In": A Year in the Life of an Insecticide Nation, 1938
8. "Let's Put Our Heads Together and Start a New Country Up": Silent Springs and Loud Protests
Epilogue. "Some Very Learned Men Are the Greatest Fools in the World": In Praise of Localism
Notes
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Index