00825nam0-2200301---450-99000995299040332120150413095452.09781781956151000995299FED01000995299(Aleph)000995299FED0100099529920150413d2013----km-y0itay50------baengGB--------001yyCapitalism and democracya fragile allianceTheo van de KlundertCheltenhamEdward Elgar©2013XXV, 209 p.23 cm330.122Klundert,Theo : van de301992ITUNINARICAUNIMARCBK990009952990403321XV E1 10856716FGBCFGBCCapitalism and democracy821165UNINA05986oam 22008654a 450 991102600380332120210209232444.00-7006-2157-1(CKB)3790000000033249(SSID)ssj0001572369(PQKBManifestationID)16222078(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001572369(PQKBWorkID)13721654(PQKB)10133466(MiAaPQ)EBC5244858(OCoLC)923561448(MdBmJHUP)muse46409(MiAaPQ)EBC5252197(Au-PeEL)EBL5252197(CaONFJC)MIL845932(OCoLC)927159823(MiAaPQ)EBC31274692(Au-PeEL)EBL31274692(Perlego)532879(EXLCZ)99379000000003324920150615d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPesticides, A Love Story America’s Enduring Embrace of Dangerous Chemicals /Michelle Mart1st ed.Lawrence, Kansas :University Press of Kansas,2015.©20151 online resource (345 pages)CultureAmericaBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7006-2649-2 0-7006-2128-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Falling in Love : The Golden Age of Synthetic Pesticides -- Trouble in Paradise : The USDA and the Rise of Critical Voices -- Breakup? : The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring -- Foreign Affairs : How Pesticides Could Help Americans Feed the World and Win a War -- The Twenty-Year Itch : Activists, Experts, and the Regulatory Era -- Love Is Blind : Chemical Disasters at Home and Abroad -- Recommitment : Endocrine Disruptors, GMOs, and Organic Food."A provocative cultural history of pesticides and their controversial use and depiction in the United States. Mart contends that--despite the sharp concerns raised by environmentalists and others since the appearance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring--Americans have not only never resolved the inherent tension between costs and benefits presented by these chemicals, but have actually grown ever more attached to them with the passage of time"--Provided by publisher."'Presto! No More Pests!' proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, 'miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer.' Easy to use, effective, and safe: who wouldn't love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did--and apparently still do. Why--in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness--do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer. America's embrace of synthetic pesticides began when they burst on the scene during World War II and has held steady into the 21st century--for example, more than 90% of soybeans grown in the US in 2008 are Roundup Ready GMOs, dependent upon generous use of the herbicide glyphosate to control weeds. Mart investigates the attraction of pesticides, with their up-to-the-minute promise of modernity, sophisticated technology, and increased productivity--in short, their appeal to human dreams of controlling nature. She also considers how they reinforced Cold War assumptions of Western economic and material superiority. Though the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism might have marked a turning point in Americans' faith in pesticides, statistics tell a different story. Pesticides, a Love Story recounts the campaign against DDT that famously ensued; but the book also shows where our notions of Silent Spring's revolutionary impact falter--where, in spite of a ban on DDT, farm use of pesticides in the United States more than doubled in the thirty years after the book was published. As a cultural survey of popular and political attitudes toward pesticides, Pesticides, a Love Story tries to make sense of this seeming paradox. At heart, it is an exploration of the story we tell ourselves about the costs and benefits of pesticides--and how corporations, government officials, ordinary citizens, and the press shape that story to reflect our ideals, interests, and emotions"--Provided by publisher.Culture America.NATURE / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental PolicybisacshHISTORY / United States / 20th CenturybisacshNatureEffect of human beings onUnited StatesHistoryPublic opinionUnited StatesHistoryPesticidesUnited StatesPublic opinionHistoryPesticidesSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryAgricultural chemicalsUnited StatesHistoryPesticidesUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesEnvironmental conditionsUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-Electronic books. NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.NatureEffect of human beings onHistory.Public opinionHistory.PesticidesPublic opinionHistory.PesticidesSocial aspectsHistory.Agricultural chemicalsHistory.PesticidesHistory.363.738/498HIS036060POL044000NAT011000bisacshMart Michelle1964-1847907MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9911026003803321Pesticides, A Love Story4434028UNINA