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The Silken Thread - Five Insects and Their Impacts on Human History (Hardcover)
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The Silken Thread - Five Insects and Their Impacts on Human History (Hardcover)
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Insects are seldom mentioned in discussions surrounding human
history, yet they have dramatically impacted today's societies.
This book places them front and center, offering a
multidisciplinary view of their significance. Diseases vectored by
insects have killed more people than all weapons of war. Fleas are
common pests, but some can transmit illnesses such as the bubonic
plague. In fact, three pandemics can be traced back to them.
Epidemics of typhus have been caused by lice. Conversely, humans
have also benefitted from insects for millennia. Silk comes from
silkworms and honey comes from bees. Despite the undeniably
powerful effects of insects on humans, their stories are typically
left out of our history books. In The Silken Thread, entomologists
Robert. N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher link the history of insects
to the history of empires, cultural exchanges, and warfare. The
book narrows its focus to just five insects: a moth, a flea, a
louse, a mosquito, and a bee. The authors explore the impact of
these insects throughout time and the common threads connecting
them. Using biology to complement history, they showcase these
small creatures in a whole new light. On every page, the authors
thoughtfully analyze the links between history and entomology. The
book begins with silkworms, which have been farmed for centuries.
It then moves to fleas and their involvement in the spread of the
plague before introducing the role lice played in the Black Death,
wars, and immigration. The following section concerns yellow fever
mosquitos, emphasizing the effects of yellow fever in the Americas
and the connection to sugar and slavery. After discussing the
importance of western honey bees, the authors tie these five
insects together in an exciting closing chapter.
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