DDT and the American Century | University of North Carolina Press ~ David Kinkela

DDT and the American Century

Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World

David Kinkela

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/2011
Pages: 272
Subject: History, Science | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807869307

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.