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DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. ... Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy)
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Product Description Praised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controversial chemical pesticides. In DDT and the American Century, David Kinkela chronicles the use of DDT around the world from 1941 to the present with a particular focus on the United States, which has played a critical role in encouraging the global use of the pesticide. Kinkela's study offers a unique approach to understanding both this contentious chemical and modern environmentalism in an international context. Review An excellent monograph. . . . Everything a reader interested in science and its cultural contexts could want.-- Isis Kinkela offers an informative perspective on American involvement in spreading the use of DDT throughout the world as a Cold War weapon against malaria.-- The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians A valuable contribution to international environmental and public health history.-- Journal of American History Readers interested in the environment, public health, and international relations will find this book particularly timely. . . . A relevant and useful addition." -- Library Journal Kinkela untangles several DDT-related themes. . . . [and] examines each thread in a way that reveals an overarching tension between the ideals underlying Henry Luce's notion of the 'American century' and the limits of technology.-- Technology and Culture A welcome addition to the literature not only for scholars across many disciplines but also general readers.-- Journal of Interdisciplinary History [A] well written, highly informative and useful book.-- European Journal of Entomology [Kinkela] has proved his fluency in intellectual, social, cultural, and policy history.-- Environmental History [Kinkela] presents DDT as a useful product with undesirable long-term ecological effects, requiring careful judgment about when to use it.-- Foreign Affairs This is a valuable book about a controversy that is still of critical importance. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; general readers.-- Choice A well-written and interesting book. Environmental scientists, chemists, legal scholars, and historians from all perspectives would benefit from reading this book.-- Chemical &Engineering News Review In this deeply researched and superb book, David Kinkela offers a refreshing take on the complex history of DDT. He revises our perception of long-standing environmental issues and places the debate over DDT in a global context that is invaluable to understanding why the use of DDT is still argued over today.--Mart Stewart, Western Washington University, author of "What Nature Suffers to Groe": Life, Labor, and Landscape on the Georgia Coast, 1680-1920 If anyone can rescue the continuing debate over DDT from the ranters and ideologues, David Kinkela can. His book is a model of historical research--even-handed and carefully reasoned, based on a wealth of evidence.--Donald Worster, author of A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir In DDT and the American Century, Kinkela gives us a compelling and lucid international history of one of the most controversial chemicals of modern times. In the quarter century after 1945, DDT helped fight the Cold War by killing disease-bearing insects and crop pests. Kinkela's archivally based research shows how important and effective DDT was in American initiatives around the globe aimed at promoting health, agriculture, and sympathy for the United States--and deftly untangles the swirling controversies surrounding its use.--J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University From the Inside Flap Praised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controver
