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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828267903321

Autore

Berry Bill <1951->

Titolo

Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / / Bill Berry ; cover design by Anders Hanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-87020-645-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

363.738/498

Soggetti

DDT (Insecticide) - Environmental aspects - History - 20th century

Environmental protection - Wisconsin - Citizen participation - History - 20th century

Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword by David Yarnold""; ""Preface""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter 1. “Miraculous Pesticide� Comes to Town""; ""Chapter 2. Dead Robins""; ""Chapter 3. Joseph Hickey Wept""; ""Chapter 4. “Militant� Activists""; ""Chapter 5. Officers and Councilors""; ""Chapter 6. Nature Lady of the Suburbs""; ""Chapter 7. Old Milwaukee""; ""Chapter 8. A Scientist Spreads His Wings""; ""Chapter 9. Falcon Wanderer""; ""Chapter 10. The Great Egg Hunt""; ""Chapter 11. In the Court of Public Opinion""; ""Chapter 12. Swimming in DDT Waters""; ""Chapter 13. Warning: Controversy Ahead""

""Chapter 14. “Sue the Bastards�""""Chapter 15. In the Hearing Rooms""; ""Chapter 16. Environment, Front and Center""; ""Epilogue""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""