War and Nature - Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring (Hardcover)

While cultural and scholarly traditions have led us to believe that war and control of nature are separate, there are many more similarities than most people might suspect. Tracing the history of chemical warfare and pest control, Edmund Russell shows how war and control of nature coevolved. Ideologically, institutionally, and technologically, the paths of chemical warfare and pest control intersected repeatedly in the twentieth century. War and Nature helps us to understand the impact of war on nature and vice versa, as well as the development of total war, and the rise of the modern environmental movement. Edmund Russell is an assistant professor in the Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. This is his first book.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Environment and History
Release date:	February 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Edmund Russell (Hall Distinguished Professor of US History)
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-79003-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-79003-4
Barcode:	9780521790031

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