| A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico Revised Edition Contributor(s): Melville, Elinor G. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052157448X ISBN-13: 9780521574488 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: This is a book about the biological conquest of the New World. 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. The book spells out in detail the environmental changes associated with the introduction of Old World grazing animals into New World ecosystems, demonstrates how these changes enabled the Spanish takeover of land, and explains how environmental changes shaped the colonial societies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 304.270 |
| LCCN: 93010662 |
| Series: Studies in Environment and History |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.99" W x 8.98" (0.71 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |