![]() | The Mosquito Crusades: A History of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day 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. Gordon Patterson is a professor of history at the Florida Institute of Technology and author of The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida. |
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