Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900Cambridge University Press, 12. jan. 2004 - 368 sider 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. Alfred W. Crosby is the author of the widely popular and ground-breaking books,The Measure of Reality (Cambridge, 1996), and America's Forgotten Pandemic (Cambridge, 1990). His books have received the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, the Medical Writers Association Prize and been named by the Los Angeles Times as among the best books of the year. He taught at the University of Texas, Austin for over 20 years. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-32009-7 First Edition Pb (1987): 0-521-33613-9 |
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List of Illustrations | xiii |
Preface to the new edition | xv |
Acknowledgments | xxi |
Prologue | 1 |
Pangaea revisited the Neolithic reconsidered | 8 |
The Norse and the Crusaders | 41 |
The Fortunate Isles | 70 |
Winds | 104 |
Animals | 171 |
Ills | 195 |
New Zealand | 217 |
Explanations | 269 |
Conclusion | 294 |
What was the smallpox in New South Wales in 1789? | 309 |
Notes | 312 |
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Side ix - The discovery of America, the rounding of the Cape, opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie. The East-Indian and Chinese markets, the colonization of America, trade with the colonies, the increase in the means of exchange and in commodities generally, gave to commerce, to navigation, to industry, an impulse never before known...
Side ix - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.