ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM: the Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History)

Crosby, Alfred W.

ISBN 10: 0521320097 / ISBN 13: 9780521320092

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1986

A propos de cet article

History. 1986 (2nd printing). Cloth/dj (6 x 9 in), 368pp, illus. (20 B&W pls.). History and theory of European expansion throughout the world by ecological changes wrought by colonists. VG (stains on top text edge; dj slightly chipped on edges).

N° de réf. du vendeur 99-1005

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM: the Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521320097
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521320092
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But as Alfred Crosby explains in his highly original and fascinating book, the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alfred W. Crosby is a Professor Emeritus in American Studies, History and Geography at the University of Texas, Austin, where he taught for over twenty years. His previous books include America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, 2nd edition (Cambridge, 2003), Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History (Cambridge, 2002), The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250–1600 (Cambridge, 1997). The Measure of Reality was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 100 most important books of 1997.