Insects are seldom mentioned when we discuss human history, yet they significantly shaped today's societies. In this book, entomologists Robert N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher take readers through the unique stories of five insects that have shaped history: silk moths, rat fleas, lice, fever mosquitos, and honey bees.
Insects are seldom mentioned when we discuss human history, yet they significantly shaped today's societies. In this book, entomologists Robert N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher take readers through the unique stories of five insects that have shaped history: silk moths, rat fleas, lice, fever mosquitos, and honey bees.
Robert N. Wiedenmann is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a BS in ecology and PhD in entomology, both from Purdue University. He was inspired to write this book after teaching a course at Arkansas called, "Insects, Science and Society." He is Past-President of the Entomological Society of America. J. Ray Fisher is a postdoctoral researcher of entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a BS in Zoology from Auburn University, an MS in entomology from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in Entomology from the University of Arkansas. He teaches and conducts research on the evolution and diversity of arthropods.
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List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Section 1: Silk and Silkworm Chapter 1: Moth Spit Chapter 2: Silk Roads Chapter 3: Silk Goes East and West Section 2: Oriental Rat Flea and the Plague Chapter 4: In Reverse Order-The Third Pandemic First Chapter 5: Not Just the Plague Chapter 6: Sorting Out the Plague Chapter 7: The Plague, One More Time Section 3: Lice in War and Peace Chapter 8: Lice in War and Peace Section 4: Aedes Aegypti and Yellow Fever Chapter 9: The Bridge Connecting Silkworms to Mosquitos Chapter 10: Yellow Fever in the United States Chapter 11: The Caribbean, Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Serendipity Chapter 12: William Crawford Gorgas and the Panama Canal Section 5: Western Honey Bee Chapter 13: Six-Legged Livestock Section 6: Typing the Silken Threads Chapter 14: Tying the Silken Threads Bibliography Index
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Section 1: Silk and Silkworm Chapter 1: Moth Spit Chapter 2: Silk Roads Chapter 3: Silk Goes East and West Section 2: Oriental Rat Flea and the Plague Chapter 4: In Reverse Order-The Third Pandemic First Chapter 5: Not Just the Plague Chapter 6: Sorting Out the Plague Chapter 7: The Plague, One More Time Section 3: Lice in War and Peace Chapter 8: Lice in War and Peace Section 4: Aedes Aegypti and Yellow Fever Chapter 9: The Bridge Connecting Silkworms to Mosquitos Chapter 10: Yellow Fever in the United States Chapter 11: The Caribbean, Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Serendipity Chapter 12: William Crawford Gorgas and the Panama Canal Section 5: Western Honey Bee Chapter 13: Six-Legged Livestock Section 6: Typing the Silken Threads Chapter 14: Tying the Silken Threads Bibliography Index
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