The great gypsy moth war : the history of the first campaign in Massachusetts to eradicate the gypsy moth, 1890-1901
Robert J. Spear
Bok · Engelsk · 2005
| Omfang | xv, 308 sider : illustrasjoner, portretter
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| Opplysninger | 1. Years in the shadow of science -- 2. The gypsy moth comes to America -- 3. The caterpillars are coming! -- 4. No holiday affair -- 5. Preparations for war -- 6. The moth slayers -- 7. Summer 1891 -- 8. The cyclone burner (1892) -- 9. Lead, arsenic, burlap, and fire (1893) -- 10. Rebounds and resignations (1894) -- 11. Unusual business (1895) -- 12. The politics of war (1896) -- 13. A moth too many (1897) -- 14. Do or die (1898) -- 15. Failure is not an option (1899) -- 16. The last hurrah (1900).. - "In The Great Gypsy Moth War, Robert J. Spear presents the untold story behind the importation and release of the gypsy moth in North America and the astonishing series of coincidences that brought the state of Massachusetts to a decade-long war against this tenacious insect. Spear traces the events leading up to the beginning of the war in 1890, notes the causes for its failure, and shows the terrible legacy it left as the precedent for all subsequent insect-eradication campaigns."
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| Emner | Gypsy moth - Control - History. - Massachusetts
løvskognonne insekter larve skadeinsekter organismer humanøkologi Massachusetts Usa |
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| ISBN | 1558494790
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