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Canto Classics: Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Alfred W. Crosby Jr.
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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 W. 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 ... Read more
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 W. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Canto Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107569874
SKU
V9781107569874
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Reviews for Canto Classics: Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Review of previous edition: 'Crosby has unfolded with great power the wider biopolitics of our civilization.' Nature Review of previous edition: '[This] book is important, and required reading for politicians worldwide ... Nuclear war may be spectacular and a valid focus for our exertions, but ecological insouciance is even more dangerous because it is unspectacular, and it merits efforts to ... Read more