Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Canto) - Softcover

Crosby, Alfred W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521456908 ISBN 13: 9780521456906

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

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.

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Book Description:

The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spear. 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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521456908
• ISBN 13: 9780521456906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384