Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis
The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies
Science and technology are cultural phenomena. Expert knowledge is generated amid the conflicts of a society and in turn supplies fuel to fire yet further change and new clashes. This essay on economic entomology is a case study on how cultural events and forces affected the creation of scientific and technical knowledge. The time period emphasized is 1945 to 1980. My initial premises for selecting relevant data for the story were ultimately not of much use. Virtually all debates about insect control since 1945 have been centered around the environmental and health hazards associated with insecticides. My first but inadequate conclusion was t…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4684-4000-3
- EAN: 9781468440003
- Produktnummer: 15409609
- Verlag: Springer Us
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.2 cm 490 g
- Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 490
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