Title: The Mosquito Pdf A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
*An international bestseller*
“Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR
A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate.
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution?
The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito.
Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power.
The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village.
Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable.
Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Fascinating book! Easy to read and very informative . Outstanding book in the subject.The Deadlist Animal On The Planet - And The Female Does It Loved the history, loved the mosquito connection, loved seeing Mother Nature using the mosquito as a lever to level the playing field for HER various creations.It's just all LOVE/EVOL, LOVE/EVOL - endlessly.Largely already done This book is a summary of other books and offers very little that is new. By summary, I mean the conclusions of other historians are cited though the path they took to get to those conclusions - the research and field studies - is largely glossed over. The author acknowledges these "brilliant accounts" continuously throughout his own book leading one to wonder why this book was written. The author also has a tendency to go off on tangents (he really dislikes Disney's treatment of Pocahontas, for example) and too often tries to touch base on current culture. For those having an interest on the role of mosquito-conveyed illnesses on human history, I think the work of Webb, Packard, and, to a lesser extent, Diamond cover the ground and often cover ground he tends to neglect, such as areas of the world at times when Europeans were not involved, such as the role of the mosquito during the unification and rise of China. On the other hand, for readers interested in going into depth and more thoroughly encountering the history and science involved in this subject, then this book supplies a good overview and a comprehensive reference list.
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