Ecological Imperialism

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Ecological Imperialism is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explains how European expansion succeeded largely through the biological and ecological impacts of introduced plants, animals, and diseases.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
addresses demographic collapse of indigenous peoples ⓘ
environmental consequences of empire ⓘ
interaction between humans and ecosystems ⓘ
appliesTo Neo-Europes ⓘ
argues European domestic animals reshaped colonial landscapes ⓘ
European weeds and crops displaced native flora ⓘ
epidemic diseases devastated indigenous populations ⓘ
introduced organisms transformed colonized environments ⓘ
author Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines European colonization of Australasia ⓘ
European colonization of southern Africa ⓘ
European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
European colonization of the Pacific ⓘ
focusesOn animals ⓘ
diseases ⓘ
microorganisms ⓘ
plants ⓘ
genre environmental history ⓘ
world history ⓘ
hasPerspective interdisciplinary ⓘ
influenced environmental history scholarship ⓘ
global history of disease ⓘ
studies of colonialism ⓘ
keyConcept biological advantage of Europeans ⓘ
disease exchange ⓘ
ecological transformation of colonies ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Columbian Exchange ⓘ
European expansion ⓘ
biological exchange ⓘ
ecological impacts of colonization ⓘ
notableFor linking European imperial success to ecological factors ⓘ
popularizing the term ecological imperialism ⓘ
proposes European success in overseas expansion was largely biological ⓘ
relatedWork The Columbian Exchange ⓘ
linked to: Columbian Exchange
theoreticalFramework ecological history ⓘ
environmental determinism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early modern period ⓘ
post-1492 era ⓘ
usesDiscipline ecology ⓘ
epidemiology ⓘ
geography ⓘ
history ⓘ

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Alfred W. Crosby → notableWork → Ecological Imperialism ⓘ
Alfred W. Crosby → notableIdea → ecological imperialism ⓘ
linked to: Ecological Imperialism
The Measure of Reality → relatedWork → Ecological Imperialism ⓘ
Children of the Sun → relatedWork → Ecological Imperialism ⓘ
The Ends of the Earth → relatedWork → Ecological Imperialism ⓘ
Neo-Europes → describedIn → Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900 ⓘ
linked to: Ecological Imperialism