The mosquito wars : a history of mosquito control in Florida / Gordon Patterson ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino.
| Author/creator |
Patterson, Gordon M. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2004. |
| Description | xviii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Florida history and culture series Florida history and culture series. ^A392400 |
| Contents | 1. The Devil's Property: Mosquitoes, Humans, and Florida -- 2. The Origins of Mosquito Control in Florida -- 3. The Trials and Tribulations of Amos Quito: The Creation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association -- 4. Transylvania in the Subtropics: Bats, Dynamite, and Mosquito Control in the 1920s -- 5. The Depression Years -- 6. World War II -- 7. The Golden Age of Mosquito Control -- 8. The Gathering Storm -- 9. The Mosquito Wars: Pesticides, Impoundments, and Mosquito Control -- 10. The Fog of War -- App. I. Major Pest and Disease Mosquito Species in Florida. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-254) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003070517 |
| ISBN | 0813027209 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813027203 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WA 11 AF4 P317M 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |