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Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950- author.

Title Getting under our skin : the cultural and social history of vermin / Lisa T. Sarasohn.

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource
	data file rda
Contents	Introduction. Vermin in history -- "That nauseous venomous insect" : bed bugs in early modern Britain -- Bed bugs creeping through modern times -- Praying lice : creeping into religion, science, and sexuality -- Lousy societies : infesting the lower classes and foreigners -- The perils of lice in the modern world -- The flea in humanity's ear -- Modern fleas : literal and linguistic weapons -- Attacking rodents : rats in early modern times -- The two cultures of rats, 1800-2020 -- Conclusion. The power of vermin.
Summary	"Vermin are not only pestering; they shape the way people look at each other and are a way that some people get to feel superior to others"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Human-animal relationships -- Great Britain -- North America.
	Pests in literature.
	Pests -- Psychological aspects.
	Pests -- Control -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- North America.
	Pests -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- North America.
	Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
	Pests -- Control -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst01059130
	Pests in literature. (OCoLC)fst01938665
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781421441399
	Print version: 9781421441382 1421441381 (DLC) 2020045435 (OCoLC)1202731663
ISBN	9781421441399 (electronic book)
	142144139X (electronic book)

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