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Infested

How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World

Brooke Borel

Infested

Infested

How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World

Infested

 

A biological and cultural history of the bed bug explores ongoing scientific discoveries, the advent of DDT, the flourishing emergence of current infestations, the economics of bed bug problems and the ways that bed bugs have inspired art

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Beschrijving Infested

Introduces the biological histories of bed bugs, and the ways in which humans have responded to them. The author explores the history of bed bugs and their disappearance in the 1950s after the introduction of DDT, charting how current infestations have flourished in direct response to human chemical use as well as the ease of global travel.

ISBN
9780226041933
Pagina's
224
Verschenen
NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
The University of Chicago Press

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