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Ecological imperialism : the biological expansion of Europe, 900-1900 /
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 Crosb...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Edición: | Second edition, new edition. |
| Colección: | Studies in environment and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-360) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461941491 1461941490 9780511805554 0511805551 9781107387478 1107387477 1139883208 9781139883207 1107385962 9781107385962 1107390397 9781107390393 1107398800 9781107398801 |