Plague of Sheep - Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico! it shows how the environmental and social changes brought about by the introduction of Old World species aided European expansion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Elinor G. K. Melville, Elinor G.k. Melville
• Assisted by: Elinor G. K. Melville (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.1994
• EAN: 9780521420617
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42061-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Political Economy of Instituti; Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Mexico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Conservation of the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, Social and cultural anthropology, c 1500 to c 1600