A plague of sheep : environmental consequences of the conquest of Mexico / Elinor G.K. Melville.
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TextSeries: Studies in environment and historyPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, [(c)1997.]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9781139939225
- 113993922X
- Sheep -- Ecology -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century
- Animal introduction -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century
- Grazing -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century
- Pastoral systems -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century
- Human ecology -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century
- Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) -- History -- 16th century
- Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo, Mexico) -- Environmental conditions -- History
- Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
- Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810
- Mexique -- Histoire -- 1519-1540 (Conquête)
- Mexique -- Histoire -- 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole)
- SF375.5.6
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | SF375.5.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn883127652 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Introduction -- Alien landscapes -- The Australian experience -- The Mexican case -- The conquest process -- The colonial regime.
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