From South America to the American South, 1900-1950 -- Grins a prohibitive fracture, 1945-1957 -- Fire ants, from savage to invincible, 1957-1972 -- The fire ant wars, 1958-1983 -- The practice of nature, 1978-2000
Summary
Telling the story of the ill-fated campaigns to eradicate the fire ant from American soil, this is also the history of changing attitudes to nature, to science & a reconsideration of the place of humankind in the natural world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index
