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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kuhlberg, Mark, 1966- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Aerial spraying and dusting in forestry > Canada > History > 20th century. Insect pests > Control > Canada > History > 20th century. Environmental policy > Canada > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.