Ecological Imperialism
Subtitle: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 9001900 (Studies in Environment and History)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780521546188
Subjects: Development studies; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Human ecology; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; Human geography; History - General History; History; History: World; Europe; Migrations; World - General; History / World; Biogeography; Europeans
First sentence: EUROPEAN EMIGRANTS and their descendants are all over the place, which requires explanation.
Description: 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.