A plague of sheep
Subtitle: environmental consequences of the conquest of Mexico
By: Elinor G.K. Melville.
Series: Studies in environment and history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Sheep -- Ecology -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century.; Animal introduction -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century.; Grazing -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century.; Pastoral systems -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century.; Human ecology -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century.; Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century.; Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo, Mexico) -- Environmental conditions -- History.; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.; Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index.