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Infested : How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World /
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 infes...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Prologue MYSTERIOUS BITES -- |t One CRYPTIC INSECT meet the bed bug -- |t Two THE FALL ddt and the slaying of the beast -- |t Three THE FORGOTTEN ERA out of sight, out of mind -- |t Four THE RETURN a pyrethroid paradox -- |t Five ANNIHILATION by any means necessary -- |t Six FEAR when things go bite in the night -- |t Seven MONEY the wild west of the bed bug economy -- |t Eight MYSTERIOUS RASH the psychological toll of travel -- |t Nine THE ORIGIN OF A SPECIES the bed bug's beginning -- |t Epilogue HORROR, CURIOSITY, AND JOY -- |t Appedix 1 BROOKE'S BED BUG GUIDE -- |t Appedix 2 BED BUG SONGS -- |t Appendix 3 BED BUG LITERATURE -- |t Appendix 4 BED BUG LIMERICKS -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t References -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a 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 pest at all. Indeed, as Brooke Borel reveals in this unusual history, this most-reviled species may date back over 250,000 years, wreaking havoc on our collective psyche while even inspiring art, literature, and music-in addition to vexatious red welts. In Infested, Borel introduces readers to the biological and cultural histories of these amazingly adaptive insects, and the myriad ways in which humans have responded to them. She travels to meet with scientists who are rearing bed bug colonies-even by feeding them with their own blood (ouch!)-and to the stages of musicals performed in honor of the pests. She explores the history of bed bugs and their apparent 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. She also introduces us to the economics of bed bug infestations, from hotels to homes to office buildings, and the expansive industry that has arisen to combat them. Hiding during the day in the nooks and seams of mattresses, box springs, bed frames, headboards, dresser tables, wallpaper, or any clutter around a bed, bed bugs are thriving and eager for their next victim. By providing fascinating details on bed bug science and behavior as well as a captivating look into the lives of those devoted to researching or eradicating them, Infested is sure to inspire at least a nibble of respect for these tenacious creatures-while also ensuring that you will peek beneath the sheets with prickly apprehension. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Bedbugs - History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Bedbugs |x History. | |
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| 653 | |a entomology, insects, household pests, infestations, disease, natural history, biology, bed bugs, disgusting, hotel beds, plush blankets, bloodthirsty beasts, red welts, bug bites, biological histories, colonies, ddt, pesticides, chemical use, global travel, office buildings, hotels, science and behavior, tenacious creatures, mattress, box springs, headboards, clutter, cleaning, hygiene, wallpaper, frames. | ||
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