The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America - Couverture souple

Buhs, Joshua Blu

 
9780226079820: The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
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ISBN 10 : 0226079821 ISBN 13 : 9780226079820
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2004

Synopsis

Sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, a coterie of fire ants came ashore from South American ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. Fanning out across the region, the fire ants invaded the South, damaging crops, harassing game animals, and hindering harvesting methods. Responding to a collective call from southerners to eliminate these invasive pests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture developed a campaign that not only failed to eradicate the fire ants but left a wake of dead wildlife, sickened cattle, and public protest.

With political intrigue, environmental tragedy, and such figures as Rachel Carson and E. O. Wilson, The Fire Ant Wars is a grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices. Tracing the political and scientific eradication campaigns, Joshua Buhs's bracing study uses the saga as a means to consider twentieth-century American concepts of nature and environmental stewardship. In telling the story, Buhs explores how human concepts of nature evolve and how these ideas affect the natural and social worlds.

Spotlighting a particular issue to discuss larger questions of science, public perceptions, and public policy—from pre-environmental awareness to the activist years of the early environmental movement—The Fire Ant Wars will appeal to historians of science, environmentalists, and biologists alike.

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À propos de l?auteur

Joshua Blu Buhs is the author of Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend and The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226079821
ISBN 13 
9780226079820
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
226
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780226079813: The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, And Public Policy In Twentieth-century America

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ISBN 10 :  0226079813 ISBN 13 :  9780226079813
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2004
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