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A plague of sheep : environmental consequences of the conquest of Mexico / Elinor G.K. Melville.
Author
Melville, Elinor G. K.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description
xiii, 203 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
SF375.5.M6 M45 1994
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Subject(s)
Sheep
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Ecology
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Mexico
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo)
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History
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16th century
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Animal introduction
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Environmental aspects
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Mexico
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo)
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History
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16th century
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Grazing
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Environmental aspects
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Mexico
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo)
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History
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16th century
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Pastoral systems
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Environmental aspects
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Mexico
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo)
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History
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16th century
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Human ecology
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Mexico
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo)
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History
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16th century
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Indigenous peoples of Mexico
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Mexico
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo)
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History
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16th century
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Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo, Mexico)
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Environmental conditions
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History
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Mexico
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History
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Conquest, 1519-1540
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Mexico
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History
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Spanish colony, 1540-1810
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Indigenous Studies
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Series
Studies in environment and history
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Summary note
This book is about the biological conquest of the New World. It explores the idea that the transformation of the biological regime associated with the introduction of Old World species into New World ecosystems enabled the conquest of indigenous populations and the domination of vast areas of rural space. It uses the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico as a case study and focuses on the changes associated with the introduction of Old World grazing animals. The study spells out in detail the processes that enabled the Spanish takeover of land, and clarifies the role of environmental change in the evolution of colonial society; it is suggested that the formation of a stable colonial regime constituted the conquest process.
Deterioration of the soil-water regime, marginalization of the indigenous majority, and the formation of latifundia were reflected in the formation of an archetypically New World landscape that has mystified the history both of the land and its inhabitants, and led to policies that treat the symptoms of environmental degradation rather than the cause.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Alien landscapes
The Australian experience
The Mexican case
The conquest process
The colonial regime.
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ISBN
052142061X ((hardback))
9780521420617 ((hardback))
052157448X
9780521574488
LCCN
93010662
OCLC
28021497
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