Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World - Brooke Borel - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226041933 - April 8, 2015
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Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World


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Introduces the biological histories of bed bugs, and the ways in which humans have responded to them. The author explores the history of bed bugs and their disappearance in the 1950s after the introduction of DDT, charting how current infestations have flourished in direct response to human chemical use as well as the ease of global travel.


224 pages, 43 halftones, 6 line drawings

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 8, 2015
ISBN13 9780226041933
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 224
Dimensions 236 × 162 × 25 mm   ·   524 g

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