Bibliograph

Bugged, How Insects Changed History, Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton

Type

Label

Bugged, How Insects Changed History, Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bugged

Oclc number

849210439

Responsibility statement

Sarah Albee ; illustrated by Robert Leighton

Sub title

How Insects Changed History

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

Table Of 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?

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

How insects have changed human history

Classification

Contributor