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Item Details
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ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM
THE BIOLOGICAL EXPANSION OF EUROPE, 900-1900 |
| By: |
Alfred W. Crosby, Donald Worster, Alfred W. Crosby |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£22.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521546184 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521546188 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
12 January, 2004 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Studies in Environment and History |
| Pages: |
390 |
| Description: |
The second edition of this classic work that evaluates the ecological reasons for European expansion. |
| 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 maintains in this 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. European organisms had certain decisive advantages over their New World and Australian counterparts. The spread of European disease, flora, and fauna went hand in hand with the growth of populations. Consequently, these imperialists became proprietors of the world's most important agricultural lands. Now in a second edition with a new preface, Crosby revisits his now-classic work and again evaluates the global historical importance of European ecological expansion. |
| Illustrations: |
21 b/w illus. 6 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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