The Fire Ant Wars - Nature, Science and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America - Paperback - 2004

Sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, a coterie of fire ants came ashore from South American ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. They invaded the South, damaging crops, harassing game animals and hindering harvesting methods. The US Dept of Agriculture developed a campaign that failed to eradicate the ants ..
Year of publication: 2004
Pagination: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, 1 port.
Format: Paperback