The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America

The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America

by Joshua Blu Buhs (Author)

Synopsis

Sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, a coterie of fire ants came ashore from South American ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. They invaded the South, damaging crops, harassing game animals and hindering harvesting methods. The US Dept of Agriculture developed a campaign that failed to eradicate the ants ..

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 226
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01 Nov 2004

ISBN 10: 0226079821
ISBN 13: 9780226079820