Title: Making catfish bait out of government boys
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.
Subjects: Control, Economic aspects, Political aspects, Boophilus microplus, Ticks as carriers of disease, History, Tick-Borne Diseases, Tick Control, History, 20th Century, Ticks, Southern states, economic conditions, Parasites, United states, history, 20th century, Babesiosis, Government policy, Federal-state controversies, Economic conditions, Cattle breeders, Cattle tick
Places: Southern States
Time periods: 20th century