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" The war on weeds in the Prairie West : "
Clinton L. Evans.
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978978
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b733348
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Evans, Clinton L., (Clinton Lorne),1960-
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The war on weeds in the Prairie West : : an environmental history /\ Clinton L. Evans.
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Calgary, Alta. :: University of Calgary Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) :: illustrations (some color)
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0585402906
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: 1280945559
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: 1552384756
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: 9780585402901
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: 9781280945557
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: 9781552380291
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: 9781552384756
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-285) and index.
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| Abstract
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This book spans four centuries of weed history from sixteenth-century England to mid-twentieth century Canada. Features; Evans looks at topics such as weed biology/ecology, environmental history, herbicide development, noxious weed legislation, and the emergence of weed science as a distinct field of scientific inquiry; Provides an in-depth chronicle of the war on weeds that raged in Western Canada between 1800 and 1950 and the evolution of the relationship between humans and weeds; Provides an environmental history of weeds that covers the events in Upper Canada, the Prairies, and Northern United States; Gives a brief history of herbicides and their widespread acceptance by prairie farmers in the middle of the 1900s; Evans draws on extensive primary sources and considers the delicate connection between human culture and the natural world; The book is particularly timely because of debates on the use of pesticides and herbicide resistance crops, such as canola; Fills a need for a detailed survey of agricultural development and settlement on the Prairies.; In this provocative book, Evans suggests that herbicides have simply prolonged the war on weeds, and that by breeding herbicide resistance into crops, agrochemical companies are attempting to secure long-term herbicide and genetically-modified seed sales by forcing farmers to continue to fight a war that can never be won.
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Weeds-- Control-- Ontario-- History.
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Weeds-- Control-- Prairie Provinces-- History.
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Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les-- Ontario-- Histoire.
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Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les-- Provinces des Prairies-- Histoire.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- General.
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Weeds-- Control.
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Ontario.
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Prairie Provinces.
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632/.5/09712
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SB613.C2E92 2002eb
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