{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-insects-gene-kritsky-9781350003217","title":"A Cultural History of Insects: Volumes 1-6","description":"\u003cp\u003eInsects are the form of life most alien to us. Across millennia, insects have been providers and sources of food as well as feared vectors of infection. Particular insect types have come to be associated with beauty, diligence, and social and divine order, whilst others have become symbols of invasion, disease, and social decay. Today, insects are used to create luxury goods, to pollinate crops, to color political rhetoric, and to contribute to modern-day logistics, genetics, and forensics. \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Insects\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how our relationship with insects - in life and in death - is one of our most productive and intimate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work is divided into 6 volumes, with each volume covering the same topics, so readers can either study a period\/volume or follow a topic across history. The 6 volumes cover: \u003ci\u003eAntiquity \u003c\/i\u003e(c.1000 BCE-500 CE); \u003ci\u003ethe Medieval Age \u003c\/i\u003e(500-1300); \u003ci\u003ethe Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003e(1300-1600); the \u003ci\u003eAge of Enlightenment \u003c\/i\u003e(1600-1820); \u003ci\u003ethe Age of Industry \u003c\/i\u003e(1820-1920); \u003ci\u003ethe Modern Age \u003c\/i\u003e(1920-present). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThemes (and chapter titles) are: insect knowledge; insects and disease; insects and food; insect products; insects in mythology and religion; insects as symbols; insects in literature and language; and insects in art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe page extent for the pack is approximately 1572pp. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cultural Histories Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Insects\u003c\/i\u003eis part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene Kritsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350003212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350003217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Other\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00h x 1.00w x 1.00d\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot available to be shipped via Media Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gene Kritsky","offers":[{"title":"Other","offer_id":46199206215935,"sku":"9781350003217","price":610.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47a80737-6c47-43b8-bc12-e9a690e05499.jpg?v=1727925364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-insects-gene-kritsky-9781350003217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}