Making catfish bait out of government boys
Subtitle: the fight against cattle ticks and the transformation of the yeoman South
By: Claire Strom.
Series: Environmental history and the American South
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780820327495
Subjects: Boophilus microplus -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Ticks as carriers of disease -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Boophilus microplus -- Control -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Boophilus microplus -- Control -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "This first full-length study of the cattle tick eradication program in the United States offers a new perspective on the fate of the yeomanry in the twentieth-century South during a period when state and federal governments were both increasing and centralizing their authority. As Claire Strom relates the power struggles that complicated efforts to wipe out the Boophilus tick, she explains the motivations and concerns of each group involved, including large- and small-scale cattle farmers, scientists, and officials at all levels of government."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.