The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America

by Joshua Blu Buhs

Book Overview

Sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, a coterie of fire ants came ashore from South American ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. Fanning out across the region, the fire ants invaded the South, damaging crops, harassing game animals, and hindering harvesting methods. Responding to a collective call from southerners to eliminate these invasive pests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture developed a campaign that not only failed to eradicate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226079821
• ISBN13: 9780226079820
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"