A PLAGUE OF SHEEP by Elinor G.K. Melville ( 9780521420617 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

A PLAGUE OF SHEEP
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO

By:

Elinor G.K. Melville

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

052142061X

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9780521420617

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

24 March, 1994

Series:

Studies in Environment and History

Pages:

220

Description:

Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, this book is about the biological conquest of the New World.

Synopsis:

This is a book about the biological conquest of the New World. Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, it shows how the environmental and social changes brought about by the introduction of Old World species aided European expansion. The book spells out in detail the environmental changes associated with the introduction of Old World grazing animals into New World ecosystems, demonstrates how these changes enabled the Spanish takeover of land, and explains how environmental changes shaped the colonial societies.

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Glossary, bibliography

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Cambridge University Press

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