War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring
| AUTHOR | Crosby, Alfred W.; Worster, Donald; Russell, Edmund et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Cambridge University Press (02/12/2001) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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ISBN-13:
9780521799379
ISBN-10:
0521799376
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
334
Carton Quantity:
26
Product Dimensions:
5.95 x 0.92 x 8.97 inches
Weight:
0.99 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Maps,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)
Science | Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare
Science | Agriculture - General
Dewey Decimal:
577.27
Library of Congress Control Number:
00040323
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Author:
Russell, Edmund
Edmund Russell is the Hall Distinguished Professor of US History at the University of Kansas. He works primarily in environmental history and the history of technology. He is the author of War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring (Cambridge University Press, 2001), and co-editor, with Richard Tucker, of Natural Enemy, Natural Ally: Toward an Environmental History of War (2004). Russell's work has won the Edelstein Prize of the Society for the History of Technology, the Rachel Carson Prize, and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society for Environmental History and the Forum for the History of Science in America.
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Editor:
Worster, Donald
Donald Worster is author of the award-winning The Dust Bowl and other books in environmental history.
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Crosby, Alfred W.
Alfred W. Crosby is a Professor Emeritus in American Studies, History and Geography at the University of Texas, Austin, where he taught for over twenty years. His previous books include America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, 2nd edition (Cambridge, 2003), Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History (Cambridge, 2002), The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250 1600 (Cambridge, 1997). The Measure of Reality was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 100 most important books of 1997.
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