Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / / Bill Berry ; cover design by Anders Hanson
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Berry Bill <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / / Bill Berry ; cover design by Anders Hanson
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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738/498 |
| Soggetto topico: | DDT (Insecticide) - Environmental aspects - History - 20th century |
| Environmental protection - Wisconsin - Citizen participation - History - 20th century | |
| Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century | |
| 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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Banning DDT |
| ISBN: | 0-87020-645-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786657103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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