A Cultural History of Insects in the Modern Age covers the period from 1920 to the present, a time of tremendous scientific advances in our understanding of insects and their place in the natural world. The age ushered in an optimism fueled by the power of science and technology to improve the human condition and included stunning achievements in managing insect pests in the first half of the century. Today, although insects are recognised as cultural symbols of natural harmony and as bellwethers of ecological damage, our irrational fears continue, transforming insects into metaphors of invasion, alienation, and decay across literature, art, music, film, and political rhetoric.
The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all forms and aspects of human-insect interaction. The themes covered in each volume 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.
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The history of insects in the Modern age.
Series Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction, Robert K.D Peterson
1. Insect Knowledge: The Impact of Insect Pest Coverage in the Press on
Cultural Attitudes about Insect Management, Rayda Krell
2. Insects and Disease: Insects, Disease, and War, Jeffrey Lockwood
3. Insects and Food, David Kinkela
4. Insect Products, Amelia Dolan
5. Insects in Mythology and Religion, Gary Noel Ross
6. Insects as Symbols: Insects as Tricksters in Early Blues Music, Robert
K.D. Peterson
7. Insects in Literature and Language: I See Things From The Under Side
Now, Karl Zuelke
8. Insects in Art: A Planet in Peril and the Insect Muse, Barrett Klein
and Tierney Brosius
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors List
Index
Robert K.D. Peterson is Professor of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
