Title:
Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.
ISBN:
9780226041933
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Publication Information:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
xiv, 259 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue: mysterious bites -- 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 -- Mysterious rash: the psychological toll of travel -- The origin of a species: the bed bug's beginning -- Epilogue -- Horror, curiosity, and joy.
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OCLC Number:
ocn887849406
Availability:
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