Neo-Europes

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Neo-Europes are regions outside Europe, such as North America and Australasia, where European settlers established societies and ecosystems closely resembling those of Europe through colonization and environmental transformation.

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Neo-Europes canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental history concept ⓘ
geographical concept ⓘ
historical concept ⓘ
appliesTo temperate climate regions outside Europe ⓘ
associatedWith Columbian Exchange ⓘ
European colonialism ⓘ
ecological imperialism ⓘ
settler colonialism ⓘ
characterizedBy creation of European-style agrarian systems ⓘ
demographic dominance of European descendants ⓘ
displacement of indigenous ecosystems ⓘ
displacement of indigenous peoples ⓘ
environmental transformation ⓘ
introduction of Old World crops ⓘ
introduction of Old World livestock ⓘ
introduction of Old World pathogens ⓘ
large-scale European settlement ⓘ
transplantation of European biota ⓘ
coinedBy Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
contrastedWith extractive colonies ⓘ
tropical colonies ⓘ
describedIn Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900 ⓘ
fieldOfUse colonial studies ⓘ
environmental history ⓘ
global history ⓘ
historical geography ⓘ
hasExample Argentina ⓘ
Australasia ⓘ
linked to: Oceania

Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile (central and southern regions) ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Southern Cone of South America ⓘ
linked to: Southern Cone

United States ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
parts of South Africa ⓘ
language English term ⓘ
purposeOfConcept to analyze ecological dimensions of imperialism ⓘ
to explain European success in certain temperate regions ⓘ
relatedTo European demographic expansion ⓘ
biological invasions ⓘ
environmental determinism debates ⓘ
globalization of European agriculture ⓘ
world-systems theory ⓘ
timePeriod Age of European expansion ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

post-1500 era ⓘ

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Ecological Imperialism → appliesTo → Neo-Europes ⓘ