Killing bugs for business and beauty : Canada's aerial war against forest pests, 1913-1930

Kuhlberg, Mark, 1966- author.

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"Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem. Shedding light on a largely forgotten chapter in Canadian environmental history, Mark Kuhlberg explores the theme of nature and its agency. The book highlights the shared impulses that often drove both the harvesters and the preservers o...

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Canada Environmental conditions History 20th century

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ISBN:

9781487526474

Description:

xvi, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction: "The natural question is what can be done to destroy them?"
"Airplane dusting offers the only present hope" : preparing to take Canada's campaign against forest insects to the sky, 1884-1926
"One of the first aerial applications of an insecticide in forestry" : the politics of battling the spruce budworm in Nova Scotia, 1925-1927
"Fighting insect plagues is something new" : aerial dusting for industrial forestry in Ontario and Quebec, 1928-1929
"For the sake of this beautiful playground" : killing the hemlock looper in Muskoka, 1927-1929
"You cannot control an infestation such as this with toys" : poisoning forest pests in British Columbia, 1913-1929
"Carrying out this work, of a protective nature" : combatting insects in Seymour Canyon and Stanley Park, British Columbia, 1929-1930
Conclusion: "We feel that the technique of airplane dusting has now been perfected" : our enigmatic view of nature and the lessons to be drawn

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3099593

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