ISBN:
9780511805554
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxii, 368 pages)
Edition:
Second edition
Series Statement:
Studies in environment and history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.4
Keywords:
Geschichte 900-1900
;
Geschichte
;
Human ecology
;
Europeans / Migrations
;
Human geography
;
Biogeography
;
Biogeografie
;
Imperialismus
;
Humanökologie
;
Expansionspolitik
;
Europäer
;
Ökologie
;
Kolonialismus
;
Pflanzengeografie
;
Umwelt
;
Auswanderung
;
Tiergeografie
;
Europa
;
Europa
;
Auswanderung
;
Humanökologie
;
Geschichte 900-1900
;
Biogeografie
;
Kolonialismus
;
Geschichte 900-1900
;
Imperialismus
;
Ökologie
;
Geschichte 900-1900
;
Europäer
;
Expansionspolitik
;
Geschichte 900-1900
;
Umwelt
;
Geschichte
;
Pflanzengeografie
;
Tiergeografie
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue -- Pangaea revisited, the Neolithic reconsidered -- The Norse and the Crusaders -- The Fortunate Isles -- Winds -- Within reach, beyond grasp -- Weeds -- Animals -- Ills -- New Zealand -- Explanations -- Conclusion -- Appendix: what was the "smallpox" in New South Wales in 1789?
Note:
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511805554
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