Книга: Alfred W. Crosby «Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History)»
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Производитель: "CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS" 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. Alfred W. Crosby is the author of the widely popular and ground-breaking books,The Measure of Reality (Cambridge, 1996), and America`s Forgotten Pandemic (Cambridge, 1990). His books have received the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, the Medical Writers Association Prize and been named by the Los Angeles Times as among the best books of the year. He taught at the University of Texas,... ISBN:0521546184 Издательство: "CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS" (2004)
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Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby is a historian, professor and author of such books as "The Columbian Exchange" (1972) and (1986). In these works, he provides biological and geographical explanations for why Europeans were able to succeed with relative ease in what he refers to as the Neo-Europes of
Recognizing the majority of modern day wealth is located in
Crosby is Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies at the
Publications
His books include:
* "Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy". W.W. Norton 2006.
* "Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History". Cambridge University Press 2002. Available in Turkish and Japanese translations.
* "The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600". Cambridge University Press 1997. Available in Spanish, Portuguese,French, Italian, Swedish, Japanese, and Korean translations.
* "Germs, Seeds, and Animals: Studies in Ecological History". M. E. Sharpe 1994.
* "America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918". Cambridge University Press 1989, 2003. Originally published as "Epidemic and Peace, 1918". Available in Japanese translation.
* "Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900". Cambridge University Press 1986, 1993, 2004. Available in German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translations.
* "Epidemic and Peace, 1918". Greenwood Press 1976. Republished as America's Forgotten Pandemic.
* "The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492". Greenwood Press 1972, Praeger Publishers 2003. Available in Spanish, Italian, and Korean translations.
* "America, Russia, Hemp, and Napoleon: American Trade with Russia and the Baltic, 1793-1812". Ohio State University Press 1965.
References
Additional References
*Gallup, John, and Jeffrey Sachs. "Location, Location." Harvard International Review 21.1 (1998): 56-610. ProQuest. University of Washington, Lynnwood. 1 Nov. 2006.
*Sellers, Christopher. "Thoreau's Body." Environmental History 4.4 (1999): 486-514. ProQuest. University of Washington, Lynnwood. 2 Nov. 2006.
External links
* [http://www.awcrosby.com/ website for Alfred Crosby]
* [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/history/faculty/profiles/Crosby/Alfred%20W./ University of Texas Faculty page for Alfred Crosby]
* [http://www.hilwerda.com/ecologicalimperialism.htm Book Review of Crosby's Ecological Imperialism]
Источник: Alfred W. Crosby
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