The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004
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- Title
- The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
- Author
- Buhs, Joshua Blu
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226079821
- ISBN 13
- 9780226079820
- Edition
- 1st Edition
With political intrigue, environmental tragedy, and such figures as Rachel Carson and E. O. Wilson, The Fire Ant Wars is a grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices. Tracing the political and scientific eradication campaigns, Joshua Buhs's bracing study uses the saga as a means to consider twentieth-century American concepts of nature and environmental stewardship. In telling the story, Buhs explores how human concepts of nature evolve and how these ideas affect the natural and social worlds.
Spotlighting a particular issue to discuss larger questions of science, public perceptions, and public policy—from pre-environmental awareness to the activist years of the early environmental movement—The Fire Ant Wars will appeal to historians of science, environmentalists, and biologists alike.
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About the Author
Joshua Blu Buhs is the author of Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend and The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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