The fire ant wars nature, science, and public policy in twentieth-century America / Joshua Blu Buhs.

Author/creator Buhs, Joshua Blu
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press,
Descriptionx, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Fire ants--Control. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Fire ants--Control. --Environmental aspects. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Insecticides--Environmental aspects. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.

Contents From South America to the American South, 1900-1950 -- Grins a prohibitive fracture, 1945-1957 -- Fire ants, from savage to invincible, 1957-1972 -- The fire ant wars, 1958-1983 -- The practice of nature, 1978-2000.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004008495
ISBN0226079813 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226079821 (pbk. : alk. paper)