ISBN:
0511805551
,
1461941490
,
9781461941491
,
9780511805554
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 368 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Second edition, new edition
Series Statement:
Studies in environment and history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Crosby, Alfred W Ecological imperialism
DDC:
302.4
Keywords:
Human ecology
;
Europeans Migrations
;
Human geography
;
Biogeography
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
Biogeography
;
Europeans ; Migrations
;
Human ecology
;
Human geography
;
Expansionspolitik
;
Imperialismus
;
Ökologie
;
Sociale ecologie
;
Biogeografie
;
Expansie (macht)
;
Emigratie
;
Europeanen
;
Europäer
;
Electronic book
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 because in many cases they were achieved by using firearms against spears. Alfred Crosby, however, explains that the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest. Now in a new edition with a new preface, Crosby revisits his classic work and again evaluates the ecological reasons for European expansion
Abstract:
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:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-360) and index
