DDT and the American Century : Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World
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| Title: | DDT and the American Century : Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World |
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| Description: | Praised 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 Century, David Kinkela chronicles the use of DDT around the world from 1941 to the present with a particular focus on the United States, which has played a critical role in encouraging the global use of the pesticide. Kinkela's study offers a unique approach to understanding both this contentious chemical and modern environmentalism in an international context. |
| Authors: | David Kinkela |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | DDT (Insecticide)--History--20th century, Insect pests--Control--History--20th century, DDT (Insecticide)--Environmental aspects |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Praised 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 Century, David Kinkela chronicles the use of DDT around the world from 1941 to the present with a particular focus on the United States, which has played a critical role in encouraging the global use of the pesticide. Kinkela's study offers a unique approach to understanding both this contentious chemical and modern environmentalism in an international context. |
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| ISBN: | 9780807835098 9781469609775 9781469602639 9798893134636 |
