false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179991491m/983034.jpg 983034 5 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, <i>The Measure of Reality</i> (Cambridge, 1996), and <i>America's Forgotten Pandemic</i> (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, Austin for over 20 years. 975665 1986 Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History) total:105|5:27|4:45|3:28|2:5|1:0| 105 409 160 16 5 0 false false Thu Sep 13 21:15:44 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 09:03:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Dec 08 08:42:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 08:49:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Apr 23 19:00:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 21:41:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 25 15:55:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:59:40 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 02 17:23:22 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 17:27:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 23 21:29:25 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:30:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 25 22:02:55 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 22:03:46 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 23 14:41:06 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 14:41:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 22 15:17:32 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 15:17:32 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 29 16:07:29 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 06:23:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 06 15:31:38 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 15:34:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 15 20:08:28 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 20:09:42 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 19 12:38:03 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 12:40:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 12 14:43:53 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 14:41:53 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 14:43:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jun 22 07:39:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 07:40:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 18 19:44:11 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 19:44:19 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 12:05:32 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:05:32 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 02 20:07:52 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 20:08:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 10:14:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:14:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 09:37:54 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:37:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=983034