Elinor G. K. Melville

A Plague of Sheep

Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico
Herausgeber: Crosby, Alfred W.; Worster, Donald

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, this book is about the biological conquest of the New World.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780521574488
• ISBN-10: 052157448X
• Artikelnr.: 21237073

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Alien landscapes
3. The Australian experience
4. The Mexican case
5. The conquest process
6. The colonial regime
Appendix 1. Sub-areas
Appendix 2. Sources for population estimates
Appendix 3. Sources for land holding and land use
Abbreviations
Glossary
Bibliography.