DDT and the American Century

“Readers interested in the environment, public health, and international relations will find this book particularly timely. . . . A relevant and useful addition.” — Library Journal

“[Kinkela] presents DDT as a useful product with undesirable long-term ecological effects, requiring careful judgment about when to use it.” — Foreign Affairs

“This is a valuable book about a controversy that is still of critical importance. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; general readers.” — CHOICE

“[Kinkela] has proved his fluency in intellectual, social, cultural, and policy history.” — Environmental History

“A valuable contribution to international environmental and public health history.” — Journal of American History

“[A] well written, highly informative and useful book.” — European Journal of Entomology

“A welcome addition to the literature not only for scholars across many disciplines but also general readers.” — Journal of Interdisciplinary History

“Kinkela untangles several DDT-related themes. . . . [and] examines each thread in a way that reveals an overarching tension between the ideals underlying Henry Luce’s notion of the ‘American century’ and the limits of technology.” — Technology and Culture

“An excellent monograph. . . . Everything a reader interested in science and its cultural contexts could want.” — Isis

“A well-written and interesting book. Environmental scientists, chemists, legal scholars, and historians from all perspectives would benefit from reading this book.” — Chemical &Engineering News