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An exploration of the relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment. David D. Vail's analysis reveals a strong ethic in the North American grasslands where practitioners sought to deploy insecticides by designing local scientific experiments, engineering more precise aircraft sprayers, and developing more narrowly specific chemicals.

About the author

David D. Vail is an assistant professor of environmental and agricultural history at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Summary

An exploration of the relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment. David D. Vail’s analysis reveals a strong ethic in the North American grasslands where practitioners sought to deploy insecticides by designing local scientific experiments, engineering more precise aircraft sprayers, and developing more narrowly specific chemicals.

Product details

• Authors: David D Vail, David D. Vail
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9780817319731
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1973-1
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Nexus; Nexus; Nexus: New Histories of Scienc
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous