A Plague of Sheep : Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Environment and History
ISBN-10
052142061X
ISBN-13
9780521420617
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 1994
Print length
220 Pages
Weight
500 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.60 cms
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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.
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.
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