Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / / Bill Berry ; cover design by Anders Hanson |
Autore | Berry Bill <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-87020-645-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464337603321 |
Berry Bill <1951-> | ||
Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / / Bill Berry ; cover design by Anders Hanson |
Autore | Berry Bill <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 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 |
ISBN | 0-87020-645-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786657103321 |
Berry Bill <1951-> | ||
Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / / Bill Berry ; cover design by Anders Hanson |
Autore | Berry Bill <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 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 |
ISBN | 0-87020-645-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828267903321 |
Berry Bill <1951-> | ||
Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The defoliation of America : agent orange chemicals, citizens, and protests / / Amy M. Hay |
Autore | Hay Amy Marie |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
Disciplina | 632.954 |
Collana | Nexus |
Soggetto topico |
Herbicides - War use - United States - History - 20th century
Defoliants - War use - United States - History - 20th century Protest movements - United States - History - 20th century Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Herbicides - Social aspects - United States Herbicides - Environmental aspects - United States Defoliants - Social aspects - United States Defoliants - Environmental aspects - United States |
ISBN | 0-8173-2108-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction. The defoliation of America : chemical use and protests in post-1945 America -- Controlling jungle lawns and jungle wars : domestic and international uses of the phenoxy herbicicdes -- The quickening conscience : seminarians, students, and scientists protest the phenoxy herbicides -- Ecological disruption in Vietnam : international protests over crop destruction, defoliation, and ecological imperialism -- Water in the West : Billee Shoecraft and herbicide use in Arizona -- Fires, farms, forests : Ida Hororof and herbicide use in California -- Timber and rights-of-way : Carol Van Strum and herbicide spraying in Oregon -- The war on drugs : the phenoxy herbicides in counterinsurgency and the counterculture -- Fighting the deadly fog : Vietnam veterans protest Agent Orange herbicide -- Unexpected casualities : the phenoxy herbicides and reproductive harm -- Conclusion. The dissenters : citizens protest chemical herbicides. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795763203321 |
Hay Amy Marie | ||
Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The defoliation of America : agent orange chemicals, citizens, and protests / / Amy M. Hay |
Autore | Hay Amy Marie |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
Disciplina | 632.954 |
Collana | Nexus |
Soggetto topico |
Herbicides - War use - United States - History - 20th century
Defoliants - War use - United States - History - 20th century Protest movements - United States - History - 20th century Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Herbicides - Social aspects - United States Herbicides - Environmental aspects - United States Defoliants - Social aspects - United States Defoliants - Environmental aspects - United States |
ISBN | 0-8173-2108-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction. The defoliation of America : chemical use and protests in post-1945 America -- Controlling jungle lawns and jungle wars : domestic and international uses of the phenoxy herbicicdes -- The quickening conscience : seminarians, students, and scientists protest the phenoxy herbicides -- Ecological disruption in Vietnam : international protests over crop destruction, defoliation, and ecological imperialism -- Water in the West : Billee Shoecraft and herbicide use in Arizona -- Fires, farms, forests : Ida Hororof and herbicide use in California -- Timber and rights-of-way : Carol Van Strum and herbicide spraying in Oregon -- The war on drugs : the phenoxy herbicides in counterinsurgency and the counterculture -- Fighting the deadly fog : Vietnam veterans protest Agent Orange herbicide -- Unexpected casualities : the phenoxy herbicides and reproductive harm -- Conclusion. The dissenters : citizens protest chemical herbicides. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828131603321 |
Hay Amy Marie | ||
Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Facing it : epiphany and apocalypse in the new nature / / M. Jimmie Killingsworth ; photographs by Mary Ann Jacob |
Autore | Killingsworth M. Jimmie |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, Texas : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.70092 |
Collana | The Seventh Generation : Survival, Sustainability, Sustenance in a New Nature |
Soggetto topico |
Environmentalists - United States
College teachers - United States Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Environmentalism - United States - History - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-62349-177-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Overture. End of a world -- Influence and confluence: family, nature, war -- Ecology then: the lake of tears -- Dispelling dejà vu, part one -- Dispelling dejà vu, part two -- Defying apocalypse -- Apocalypse redux and the fate of sustainability -- No illusions, no fantasy, no melodrama: the legacy of Rachel Carson -- Epiphany matters -- Imagination wild and tame: the smell of money -- The presence of roadkill -- Reprise. World's end: seeing and sustenance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465401003321 |
Killingsworth M. Jimmie | ||
College Station, Texas : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Facing it : epiphany and apocalypse in the new nature / / M. Jimmie Killingsworth ; photographs by Mary Ann Jacob |
Autore | Killingsworth M. Jimmie |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, Texas : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.70092 |
Collana | The Seventh Generation : Survival, Sustainability, Sustenance in a New Nature |
Soggetto topico |
Environmentalists - United States
College teachers - United States Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Environmentalism - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 1-62349-177-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Overture. End of a world -- Influence and confluence: family, nature, war -- Ecology then: the lake of tears -- Dispelling dejà vu, part one -- Dispelling dejà vu, part two -- Defying apocalypse -- Apocalypse redux and the fate of sustainability -- No illusions, no fantasy, no melodrama: the legacy of Rachel Carson -- Epiphany matters -- Imagination wild and tame: the smell of money -- The presence of roadkill -- Reprise. World's end: seeing and sustenance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786888603321 |
Killingsworth M. Jimmie | ||
College Station, Texas : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Facing it : epiphany and apocalypse in the new nature / / M. Jimmie Killingsworth ; photographs by Mary Ann Jacob |
Autore | Killingsworth M. Jimmie |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, Texas : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.70092 |
Collana | The Seventh Generation : Survival, Sustainability, Sustenance in a New Nature |
Soggetto topico |
Environmentalists - United States
College teachers - United States Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Environmentalism - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 1-62349-177-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Overture. End of a world -- Influence and confluence: family, nature, war -- Ecology then: the lake of tears -- Dispelling dejà vu, part one -- Dispelling dejà vu, part two -- Defying apocalypse -- Apocalypse redux and the fate of sustainability -- No illusions, no fantasy, no melodrama: the legacy of Rachel Carson -- Epiphany matters -- Imagination wild and tame: the smell of money -- The presence of roadkill -- Reprise. World's end: seeing and sustenance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806218003321 |
Killingsworth M. Jimmie | ||
College Station, Texas : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The man from Clear Lake [[electronic resource] ] : Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson / / Bill Christofferson |
Autore | Christofferson Bill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (706 p.) |
Disciplina |
328.73/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Legislators - United States
Environmentalists - United States Conservationists - United States Earth Day - History Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Environmental protection - United States - History - 20th century Governors - Wisconsin |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-299-19643-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458796603321 |
Christofferson Bill | ||
Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The man from Clear Lake [[electronic resource] ] : Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson / / Bill Christofferson |
Autore | Christofferson Bill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (706 p.) |
Disciplina |
328.73/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Legislators - United States
Environmentalists - United States Conservationists - United States Earth Day - History Environmentalism - United States - History - 20th century Environmental protection - United States - History - 20th century Governors - Wisconsin |
ISBN | 0-299-19643-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792344303321 |
Christofferson Bill | ||
Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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