Full name: Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900

Author: Alfred W. Crosby Year: 1986 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780521546188 0521546184

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. Similar books: America's Forgotten Pandemic by Alfred W. Crosby A Green History of the World by Clive Ponting Changes in the Land by William Cronon After Tamerlane by John Darwin The Code Book by Simon Singh The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Cod by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough Hackers by Steven Levy The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston The Information by James Gleick Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels