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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; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But as Alfred W. Crosby...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Canto classics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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?