Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Nexus : new histories of science, technology, the environment, agriculture & medicine
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Nexus (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Making chemical-agricultural landscapes -- Creating new pests, experts, and risks -- Spraying the airplane way -- Toxic standards and fables -- Regional politics, national debates, and the Ag-1 program -- Spraying grasslands abroad. |
Summary |
"An exploration of the elaborate relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment."--Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Pesticides -- Application -- North America.
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Pesticides -- Application. |
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North America. |
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Grasses -- Diseases and pests -- Control -- North America.
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Grasses -- Diseases and pests -- Control. |
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Grasses -- Diseases and pests. |
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Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture -- North America.
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Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Vail, David D. (David Douglas), 1981- Chemical lands. Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2018] 9780817319731 (DLC) 2017022088 (OCoLC)992436975 |
ISBN |
9780817391652 (electronic book) |
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0817391657 (electronic book) |
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9780817319731 |
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0817319735 |
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