American pests: the losing war on insects from colonial times to DDT

"The insect tribes still maintain their ground" : insects and early Americans

"There is no royal road to the destruction of bugs" : the rise of the professionals

"Let us conquer space" : breaking the plains and fighting the insects

"A great schemer" : Charles V. Riley and the broken promises of early insecticides

"Let us spray" : mosquitoes, war, and chemicals

"Vot iss de effidence?" : residues, regulations, and the politics of protecting insecticides

"Complaints are coming in" : a year in the life of an insecticide nation, 1938

"Let's put our heads together and start a new country up" : silent springs and loud protests.