The Mosquito Wars
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The Mosquito War
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Author : V. A. MacAlister
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2004-09
The Mosquito War written by V. A. MacAlister and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09 with Fiction categories.
In his debut novel, MacAlister combines crooked pharmaceutical companies, a CIA plot gone horribly awry, a terrorist weapon that comes in a small package, and a grief-stricken scientist determined to make America pay for its indifference to the suffering in Third World countries.
The Mosquito Wars
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Author : Gordon M. Patterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Mosquito Wars written by Gordon M. Patterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
"The Mosquito Wars is a fascinating chronicle of the history of mosquito control in Florida over the past century. It details the positive contributions made by the profession's many managers and scientists. This work thoroughly describes how this profession has helped make Florida habitable and also puts the environmental controversies of mosquito control in the proper perspective."--Douglas Carlson, Indian River Mosquito Control District "The Mosquito Wars is an entertaining, accurate description of how mosquito control has developed in Florida to its current state."--Dennis Moore, editor-in-chief, Wing Beats The Mosquito Wars presents a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the development of human efforts to wage war on mosquitoes in 20th-century Florida. Drawing on archival records, interviews, and published records, Gordon Patterson provides readers with a context for understanding how mosquito control has shaped the environment of contemporary Florida. Patterson reveals how the discovery that yellow fever, malaria, and dengue fever were mosquito-borne diseases had a profound impact on Florida's development in the first half of the 20th century. State agencies organized campaigns from Pensacola to Key West against the disease-bearing insects. World War II opened a new era in mosquito control; the United States Department of Agriculture pioneered the use of DDT as an insecticide, and by 1944 army and navy pilots were regularly flying anti-mosquito missions. The 1950s ushered in a new objective--to reduce not only disease-bearing mosquitoes but also pest and nuisance mosquitoes. The growing problem of chemical resistance, however, led to the use of new and more powerful pesticides, raising concerns about the environmental impact of these chemicals on biologically sensitive wetlands. The ensuing controversy resulted in the rewriting of mosquito control laws in 1986. The continuing occurrences of encephalitis and the recent arrival of the West Nile virus, both transmitted by mosquitoes, dictate that mosquito control will continue to play a vital role in protecting the public's health and welfare. The Mosquito Wars presents a balanced, entertaining, and informative examination of this often heroic and sometimes tragic history of the battle to control mosquitoes in Florida. Gordon Patterson is professor of history at the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne.
The Mosquito Crusades
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Author : Gordon Patterson
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-06
The Mosquito Crusades written by Gordon Patterson and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-06 with Nature categories.
Among the struggles of the twentieth century, the one between humans and mosquitoes may have been the most vexing, as demonstrated by the long battle to control these bloodsucking pests. As vectors of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, encephalitis, and dengue fever, mosquitoes forced open a new chapter in the history of medical entomology. Based on extensive use of primary sources, The Mosquito Crusades traces this saga and the parallel efforts of civic groups in New Jersey's Meadowlands and along San Francisco Bay's east side to manage the dangerous mosquito population. Providing readers with a fascinating exploration of the relationship between science, technology, and public policy, Gordon Patterson's narrative begins in New Jersey with John B. Smith's effort to develop a comprehensive plan and solution for mosquito control, one that would serve as a national model. From the Reed Commission's 1900 yellow fever experiment to the first Earth Day seventy years later, Patterson provides an eye-opening account of the crusade to curtail the deadly mosquito population.
The Mosquito
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Author : Timothy C. Winegard
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-08-06
The Mosquito written by Timothy C. Winegard and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-06 with History categories.
**The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Mosquito Empires
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Author : J. R. McNeill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-11
Mosquito Empires written by J. R. McNeill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-11 with History categories.
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Mosquito At War
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Author : Chaz Bowyer
language : en
Publisher: London : I. Allan
Release Date : 1973
Mosquito At War written by Chaz Bowyer and has been published by London : I. Allan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.
The Mosquito Story
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Author : Martin W. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-02-29
The Mosquito Story written by Martin W. Bowman and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with History categories.
When de Havilland proposed, in 1938, an unarmed bomber constructed almost entirely from wood, few would have thought it could become one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. The Mosquito easily outran a Spitfire on its test flight and was ordered into mass production, soon proving itself a key weapon in the fight against the Luftwaffe by day and the Nachtjagd by night. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished photographs, this book tells the story of an aircraft which was for many the perfect synthesis of power and beauty. Author Martin Bowman describes the service histories and daring exploits of the 7,781 examples of the 'Wooden Wonder' which were built in the UK, Canada and Australia.
Mosquito Missions
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Author : Martin W. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2013-01-19
Mosquito Missions written by Martin W. Bowman and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-19 with History categories.
The Wooden Wonder was probably the most versatile combat aircraft that operated on all fronts in World War Two and was still giving valuable service in first-line service after 1945 when it enjoyed a limited renaissance both at home, in Germany and abroad until the advent of jet aircraft. Martin Bowmans well-tried and respected formula of incorporating background information with scores of RAF, Dominion, and overseas pilots and navigators personal narratives, is employed here once again to great effect. Previously unpublished tales take the reader raid by raid on night-fighter, fighter-bomber, anti-shipping, path finder, photo-reconnaissance and precision bombing operations in the Middle East and jungles of the Far East, where the Mosquito carried out a series of thrilling post-war functions.The book includes a series of evocative black and white images of the Mosquito in action, which supplement the text perfectly and work to illustrate the might of this iconic craft.
The Men Who Flew The Mosquito
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Author : Martin W. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Haynes Publications
Release Date : 1995-01-01
The Men Who Flew The Mosquito written by Martin W. Bowman and has been published by Haynes Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with History categories.
Accounts of operations of the De Havilland Mosquito during World War II.
Mosquito Empires
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Author : J. R. McNeill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-11
Mosquito Empires written by J. R. McNeill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-11 with History categories.
This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of the Greater Caribbean - the landscapes lying between Surinam and the Chesapeake - in the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries. Ecological changes made these landscapes especially suitable for the vector mosquitoes of yellow fever and malaria, and these diseases wrought systematic havoc among armies and would-be settlers. Because yellow fever confers immunity on survivors of the disease, and because malaria confers resistance, these diseases played partisan roles in the struggles for empire and revolution, attacking some populations more severely than others. In particular, yellow fever and malaria attacked newcomers to the region, which helped keep the Spanish Empire Spanish in the face of predatory rivals in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century, these diseases helped revolutions to succeed by decimating forces sent out from Europe to prevent them.