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008 150615s2015 ksu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2015020380
020 _a9780700621286 (hardback : alkaline paper)
020 _z9780700621576 (ebook)
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_beng
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_cDLC
_dMiTN
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_bM37 2015
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100 1 _aMart, Michelle,
_d1964-
245 1 0 _aPesticides, a love story :
_bAmerica's enduring embrace of dangerous chemicals /
_cMichelle Mart.
264 1 _aLawrence, Kansas :
_bUniversity Press of Kansas,
_c2015.
300 _a337 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aCultureAmerica
520 2 _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.
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.
650 0 _aPesticides
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAgricultural chemicals
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPesticides
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPesticides
_zUnited States
_xPublic opinion
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y1945-
650 0 _aNature
_xEffect of human beings on
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEnvironmental conditions.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
_2bisacsh
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949 _aSB950.2 .A1 M37 2015
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