DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the WorldPraised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controversial chemical pesticides. In DDT and the American C |
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Contents
DDT and the American Century | 1 |
An Island in a Sea of Disease DDT Enters a Global War | 12 |
Disease DDT and Development The American Century in Italy | 35 |
Science in the Service of Agriculture DDT and the Beginning of the Green Revolution in Mexico | 62 |
The Age of Wreckers and Exterminators Eradication in the Postwar World | 84 |
Green Revolutions in Conflict Debating Silent Spring Food and Science during the Cold War | 106 |
Its All or Nothing Debating DDT and Development under the Law | 136 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World Luther H. Hodges JR. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. Series on Busi Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state The Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state |
| Author | David Kinkela |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0807835099, 9780807835098 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Modern / 20th Century History / United States / 20th Century Science / Life Sciences / Ecology |
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