Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.
Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.
Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
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G 2015/3937
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Cryptic insect -- Meet the bed bug -- The fall: DDT and the slaying of the beast -- The forgotten era: out of sight, out of mind -- The return: a pyrethroid paradox -- Annihilation: by any means necessary -- Fear: when things go bite in the night -- Money: the Wild West of the bed bug economy -- Mys...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Bed bugs. Few words strike such fear in the minds of travelers. In cities around the world, lurking beneath the plush blankets of otherwise pristine-looking hotel beds are tiny bloodthirsty beasts just waiting for weary wanderers to surrender to a vulnerable slumber. Though bed bugs today have infested the globe, the common bed bug is not a new pes...
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Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/3937
Record Identifier
74VKRg8aKEMl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRg8aKEMl
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ISBN
022604193X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226041933 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
595.754
MMS ID
991023189879702626
