| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2019005477 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781524743413 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1524743410 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1083228616 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QL536 |
| Item number |
.W56 2019 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
595.772 Win |
| Item number |
11 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
595.772 Win |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Winegard, Timothy C. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The mosquito : |
| Remainder of title |
a human history of our deadliest predator / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Timothy C. Winegard. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Dutton, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2019] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 486 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-461) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- Toxic twins : the mosquito and her diseases -- Survival of the fittest : fever demons, footballs, and sickle cell safeties -- General Anopheles : from Athens to Alexander -- Mosquito legions : the rise and fall of the Roman Empire -- Unrepentant mosquitoes : a crisis of faiths and the Crusades -- Mosquito hordes : Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire -- The Columbian exchange : mosquitoes and the global village -- Accidental conquerors : African slavery and the mosquito's annexation of the Americas -- The seasoning : mosquito landscapes, mythology, and the seeds of America -- Rogues in a nation : the mosquito and the creation of Greater Britain -- The crucible of disease : colonial wars and a new world order -- Unalienable bites : the American Revolution -- Mercenary mosquitoes : wars of liberation and the making of the Americas -- Mosquitoes of Manifest Destiny : cotton, slavery, Mexico, and the American South -- Sinister angels of our nature : the American Civil War -- Unmasking the mosquito : disease and imperialism -- This is Ann : she's dying to meet you : the Second World War, Dr. Seuss, and DDT -- Silent springs and superbugs : the mosquito renaissance -- The modern mosquito and her diseases : at the gates of extinction -- Conclusion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, this text shows how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
107268 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mosquitoes |
| General subdivision |
Ecology |
| -- |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human ecology. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
500 - 599 |