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James McWilliams spoke at the fourth annual Aspen Ideas Festival about his new book, "American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial times to DDT." (Photo by Dan Bayer)
The history of insect control
Broadcast: Midday, 07/08/2008, 12:00 p.m.
James McWilliams, fellow in the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University and associate professor of history at Texas State University, appeared at the Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss his new book, "American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT."
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- The history of insect control (program audio)
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