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Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.

By: Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: xiv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226041933
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 595.7/54 23
LOC classification:
  • QL523.C6 B67 2015
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 -- Mysterious rash: the psychological toll of travel -- The origin of a species: the bed bug's beginning -- Epilogue -- Horror, curiosity, and joy.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QL523 .C6 B67 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001353654

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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