Charles Valentine Riley : founder of modern entomology

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ISBN: 9780817320096
ISBN: 081739222X
ISBN: 0817320091
ISBN: 9780817392222
ISBN: 081739222X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 438 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
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Publisher: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
Copyright: �2018

General Note:	CatMonthString:july.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Thames, the Channel, the Rhine, 1843-1859 -- Along the Kankakee River, 1860-1863 -- Chicago and the Prairie farmer, 1863-1868 -- Missouri State Entomologist, 1868-1877 -- The "book of nature" according to Darwin -- Subterranean killers -- Devouring locusts -- Washington gadfly, 1879-1881 -- Assisting nature's balance -- Years of fulfillment -- "A great big silk farm" -- Vedalia the "wonder beetle" and biological control -- Creating a National Insect Collection -- Unfinished business -- A valuable career cut short -- Appendix: List of insects and other arthropods mentioned in the text.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO ; viewed July 3, 2019)