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_aMart, Michelle, _d1964- |
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_aPesticides, a love story : _bAmerica's enduring embrace of dangerous chemicals / _cMichelle Mart. |
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_aLawrence, Kansas : _bUniversity Press of Kansas, _c2015. |
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_a337 pages ; _c24 cm. |
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_a"A provocative cultural history of pesticides and their controversial use and depiction in the United States. Mart contends that--despite the sharp concerns raised by environmentalists and others since the appearance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring--Americans have not only never resolved the inherent tension between costs and benefits presented by these chemicals, but have actually grown ever more attached to them with the passage of time"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aFalling in Love : The Golden Age of Synthetic Pesticides -- Trouble in Paradise : The USDA and the Rise of Critical Voices -- Breakup? : The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring -- Foreign Affairs : How Pesticides Could Help Americans Feed the World and Win a War -- The Twenty-Year Itch : Activists, Experts, and the Regulatory Era -- Love Is Blind : Chemical Disasters at Home and Abroad -- Recommitment : Endocrine Disruptors, GMOs, and Organic Food. | |
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_aPesticides _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aAgricultural chemicals _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aPesticides _xSocial aspects _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aPesticides _zUnited States _xPublic opinion _xHistory. |
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_aPublic opinion _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y1945- |
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_aNature _xEffect of human beings on _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aUnited States _xEnvironmental conditions. |
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_aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century. _2bisacsh |
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_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy. _2bisacsh |
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_aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. _2bisacsh |
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