Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world /
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2015.
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Table of 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
- Appendix 1. Brooke's bed bug guide
- Appendix 2. Bed bug songs
- Appendix 3. Bed bug limericks.