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Pesticides, a Love Story
Michelle Mart
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Description for Pesticides, a Love Story
Easy to use, effective, and safe: who couldn't love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans still do. Why - in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness - do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart's book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RND; RNP; RNT; TVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
Presto! No More Pests!” proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, “miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer.” Easy to use, effective, and safe: who couldn’t love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did—and apparently still do. Why—in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness—do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer.
America’s embrace of synthetic pesticides began when they burst on the scene during World War II and has held steady into the 21st century—for example, more than 90% ... Read more
Presto! No More Pests!” proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, “miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer.” Easy to use, effective, and safe: who couldn’t love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did—and apparently still do. Why—in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness—do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer.
America’s embrace of synthetic pesticides began when they burst on the scene during World War II and has held steady into the 21st century—for example, more than 90% ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
CultureAmerica
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700621286
SKU
V9780700621286
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About Michelle Mart
Michelle Mart is associate professor of history at Penn State University. She is the author of Eye on Israel: How America Came to View Israel as an Ally.
Reviews for Pesticides, a Love Story
“Why did pesticide use soar despite warnings of costs? Michelle Mart suggests that the answer lies in the stories Americans have told themselves about progress, modernity, and better living through chemistry. Did love for these ideals blind Americans to flaws in the objects of their affection? Read this book to find out.” Edmund Russell, author of War and Nature: Fighting ... Read more