| Description |
1 online resource (333 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 Folk Classification of Insects; 2 Insects as Food; 3 Bees and Bee-keeping; 4 Insects and Agriculture; 5 Household Pests and Locust Swarms; 6 Insects and Disease; 7 Cultural Entomology; Appendix: Insect Life of Malawi; Bibliography; References; Index |
| Summary |
This pioneering book looks at the importance of insects to culture. While in the developed West a good deal of time and money may be spent trying to exterminate insects, in other cultures human-insect relations can be far more subtle and multi-faceted. Like animals, insects may be revered or reviled - and in some tribal communities insects may be the only source of food available. How people respond to, make use of, and relate to insects speaks volumes about their culture. In an effort to get to the bottom of our vexed relationship with the insect world, Brian Morris spent years in Malawi, a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beneficial insects -- Malawi
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Insect pests -- Malawi
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Beneficial insects -- Ecology -- Malawi
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Insects -- Ecology -- Malawi
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Beneficial insects
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Insect pests
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Insects -- Ecology
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Malawi
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781845209490 |
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1845209494 |
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