Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada’s Aerial War against Forest Pests, 1913–1930

"This is a fascinating contribution to the literature on Canada’s environmental history and the complex, contradictory story of pesticide management. Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty presents new insights for today’s struggles over the chemical management of nature."

Richard P. Tucker, Adjunct Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

"Mark Kuhlberg’s latest book is a fascinating study at the intersection of natural resource management, wilderness preservation, science, and technology in Canadian history. It is an important volume for those interested in the complex issues around controlling forest bugs, as part of the larger history of protecting woodlands – whether for business or pleasure."

Liza Piper, Associate Professor of History, University of Alberta

"Thanks to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, we have long known about aerial spraying against forest insects in the postwar years. But from Mark Kuhlberg’s book we learn, for the first time, the interwar roots of such campaigns – and that Canada was central to their development. Meticulously researched and crisply written, this is an impressive work of Canadian environmental history."

Alan MacEachern, Professor of History, University of Western Ontario