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The Resource Bugged : how insects changed history, Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton

Bugged : how insects changed history, Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton

Creator
Contributor
Summary
Chronicles the rivalry between the human and insect worlds that draws on myriad disciplines to explain the varying roles that bugs have played in building and toppling empires as well as the bug stories behind infamous disasters
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
168 pages
Contents
  • The insect facts of life
  • The horrible history of human hygiene
  • The land of silk and honey
  • Bad-news bugs
  • The earliest epidemics
  • Close encounters of the ancient kind
  • Medieval microbes
  • More thinking but still stinking: the Renaissance
  • Travel troubles
  • It's all fun and games until someone loses an isle
  • How revolutionary!
  • Dastardly diseases and demented dictators
  • The Nineteenth Century: crawling toward a cure
  • The nitty gritty about the itty bitty: germs discovered at last
  • Twentieth-century pox
  • The craze about sprays
  • Now what?
Isbn
9780802734235
Instance
Label
Bugged : how insects changed history
Title
Bugged
Title remainder
how insects changed history
Statement of responsibility
Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton
Title variation
How insects have changed human history
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Chronicles the rivalry between the human and insect worlds that draws on myriad disciplines to explain the varying roles that bugs have played in building and toppling empires as well as the bug stories behind infamous disasters
Cataloging source
DNAL/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Albee, Sarah
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
jQL467.2
NAL item number
.A44 2014
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1960-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Leighton, Robert
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Insects
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Insects
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Insectes
  • Relations homme-animal
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Insects
  • Human-animal relationship
  • Insects
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Bugged : how insects changed history, Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The insect facts of life -- The horrible history of human hygiene -- The land of silk and honey -- Bad-news bugs -- The earliest epidemics -- Close encounters of the ancient kind -- Medieval microbes -- More thinking but still stinking: the Renaissance -- Travel troubles -- It's all fun and games until someone loses an isle -- How revolutionary! -- Dastardly diseases and demented dictators -- The Nineteenth Century: crawling toward a cure -- The nitty gritty about the itty bitty: germs discovered at last -- Twentieth-century pox -- The craze about sprays -- Now what?
Control code
849210439
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
168 pages
Isbn
9780802734235
Lccn
2013025968
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
9780802734228
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)849210439
Label
Bugged : how insects changed history, Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The insect facts of life -- The horrible history of human hygiene -- The land of silk and honey -- Bad-news bugs -- The earliest epidemics -- Close encounters of the ancient kind -- Medieval microbes -- More thinking but still stinking: the Renaissance -- Travel troubles -- It's all fun and games until someone loses an isle -- How revolutionary! -- Dastardly diseases and demented dictators -- The Nineteenth Century: crawling toward a cure -- The nitty gritty about the itty bitty: germs discovered at last -- Twentieth-century pox -- The craze about sprays -- Now what?
Control code
849210439
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
168 pages
Isbn
9780802734235
Lccn
2013025968
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
9780802734228
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)849210439

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