{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-insects-9781350003217","title":"A Cultural History of Insects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 A\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407496225111,"sku":"9781350003217","price":418.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350003217.jpg?v=1730499573","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-insects-9781350003217","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}