Pesticides, a Love Story: America's Enduring Embrace of Dangerous Chemicals

ISBN-13: 9780700626496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 344 str.

Michelle Mart

Opis

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.

Spis treści

• Introduction
• 1. Falling in Love: The Golden Age of Synthetic Pesticides
• 2. Trouble in Paradise: The USDA and the Rise of Critical Voices
• 3. Breakup? The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson’ Silent Spring
• 4. Foreign Affairs: How Pesticides Could Help Americans Feed the World and Win a War
• 5. The Twenty-Year Itch: Activists, Experts, and the Regulatory Era
• 6. Love Is Blind: Chemical Disasters at Home and Abroad
• 7. Recommitment: Endocrine Disruptors, GMOs, and Organic Food
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgment
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index