The Good, the Bad, and the Ague: Defining Healthful Airs in Early Modern England
Combating malaria through travel, diet, natural remedies, and architecture in early modern England.
Combating malaria through travel, diet, natural remedies, and architecture in early modern England.
Garcia follows the migration of the American cockroach from its tropical origins in western Africa via slave ships to the New World.
Epidemic yellow fever plagued New Orleans due to a series of environmental and demographic changes enabled by the rise of sugar production and urban development.
Rather than revealing the power of nature to shape human history, yellow fever is a disease that historically entangles nature and culture.
A case study of the effects of malaria in the Caucasus across the revolutionary divide of 1917.
This article discusses how local perspectives influence the recognition and control of a locust outbreak.
This article discusses forest beekeeping in the Russian Far East and its unique role in protecting primary forests in the context of Aristotelian ethics.
This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.
This article explores the impact of colonialism upon the marginalized communities of Bombay Presidency via the history of locust outbreaks.
Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.