from WildcatJF

Crosby is a great writer and he has intriguing things to say. However, he is incredibly Eurocentric and Christian biased. It can grow tiring hearing how great Europeans are compared to the ethnic groups they conquered (often brought up with belittling and/or unflattering terms). Shame, really, be...

from setnahkt

I wonder why Alfred Crosby isn't better known. His range of interest is extensive (just the ones I've read cover the 1918 influenza epidemic the history of artillery, and the current study of the environmental consequences of the European expansion into the western hemisphere), and they all fasci...

from atrautz

In “Ecological Imperialism”, Crosby shows the important role that biology played in the conquest of the New World. He discusses the impact of disease (i.e., small pox, etc.) introduced by Europeans on the Native American populations as well as the impact of the European “portmanteau biota” on nat...

from atrautz

In “Ecological Imperialism”, Crosby shows the important role that biology played in the conquest of the New World. He discusses the impact of disease (i.e., small pox, etc.) introduced by Europeans on the Native American populations as well as the impact of the European “portmanteau biota” on nat...