TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,Gordon M.
AU  - Patterson,Gordon M.
TI  - The mosquito crusades: a history of the American anti-mosquito movement from the Reed Commission to the first Earth Day 
T2  - Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
SN  - 9780813547008
AV  - RA640 .P25 2009eb
U1  - 614.4/323 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Mosquitoes
KW  - Control
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Mosquitoes as carriers of disease
KW  - Mosquito Control
KW  - history
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - Moustiques
KW  - Lutte contre
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Moustiques (Vecteurs de maladies)
KW  - Médecine
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Health Risk Assessment
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "Sequel to The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida, which appeared in 2004"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references and index; Waging war on the insect menace -- The Garden State takes the lead -- A continental crusade -- Public health, race, and mosquitoes -- Widening the campaign -- Advances and retreats during the Great Depression -- The beginning of the insecticide era -- The postwar era -- Discontent and resistance
N2  - Among the struggles of the twentieth century, the one between humans and mosquitoes may have been the most vexing, as demonstrated by the long battle to control these blood-sucking pests. As vectors of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, encephalitis, and dengue fever, and as sources of torment, mosquitoes forced open a new chapter in the history of medical entomology and human attempts to suppress the insect world. Based on extensive use of primary sources, The Mosquito Crusades traces efforts to eliminate the mosquito blight from the New Jersey Meadowlands to San Francisco Bay. Providing
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