Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface to the new edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Prologue
- 2 Pangaea revisited, the Neolithic reconsidered
- 3 The Norse and the Crusaders
- 4 The Fortunate Isles
- 5 Winds
- 6 Within reach, beyond grasp
- 7 Weeds
- 8 Animals
- 9 Ills
- 10 New Zealand
- 11 Explanations
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendix: What was the “smallpox” in New South Wales in 1789?
- Notes
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface to the new edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Prologue
- 2 Pangaea revisited, the Neolithic reconsidered
- 3 The Norse and the Crusaders
- 4 The Fortunate Isles
- 5 Winds
- 6 Within reach, beyond grasp
- 7 Weeds
- 8 Animals
- 9 Ills
- 10 New Zealand
- 11 Explanations
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendix: What was the “smallpox” in New South Wales in 1789?
- Notes
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Ecological ImperialismThe Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900, pp. xxi - xxiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004