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Crosby, Alfred Worcester was born on January 15, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Worcester and Ruth (Coleman) Crosby.
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People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world--North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain because in many cases they were achieved by using firearms against spears. Alfred Crosby, however, explains that the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest. Now in a new edition with a new preface, Crosby revisits his classic work and again evaluates the ecological reasons for European expansion. Alfred W. Crosby is the author of the widely popular and ground-breaking books,The Measure of Reality (Cambridge, 1996), and America's Forgotten Pandemic (Cambridge, 1990). His books have received the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, the Medical Writers Association Prize and been named by the Los Angeles Times as among the best books of the year. He taught at the University of Texas, Austin for over 20 years. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-32009-7 First Edition Pb (1987): 0-521-33613-9
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People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But as Alfred W. Crosby maintains in this highly original and fascinating book, the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest. European organisms had certain decisive advantages over their New World and Australian counterparts. The spread of European disease, flora and fauna went hand in hand with the growth of populations. Consequently, these imperialists became proprietors of the most important agricultural lands in the world. In the second edition, Crosby revisits his now classic work and again evaluates the global historical importance of European ecological expansion.
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Thirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. The book told the story of how 1492 sparked the movement of organisms, both large and small, in both directions across the Atlantic. This Columbian exchange, between the Old World and the New, changed the history of our planet drastically and forever. The book The Columbian Exchange changed the field of history drastically and forever as well. It has become one of the foundational works in the burgeoning field of environmental history, and it remains one of the canonical texts for the study of world history. This 30th anniversary edition of The Columbian Exchange includes a new preface from the author, reflecting on the book and its creation, and a new foreword by J. R. McNeill that demonstrates how Crosby established a brand new perspective for understanding ecological and social events. As the foreword indicates, The Columbian Exchange remains a vital book, a small work that contains within the inspiration for future examinations into what happens when two peoples, separated by time and space, finally meet.
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The best thing about this book is its overarching thesis, the concept of a Columbian exchange. This provocative device permits Crosby to shape a lot of familiar and seemingly unrelated data into a fresh synthesis. . . . The implications of this interplay between novel biological and social forces are fascinating. Journal of American History
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Imperialismo ecologico e um livro surpreendente desde o titulo. Nele o professor Alfredo W. Crosby, da Universidade do Texas, conta a historia tao conhecida da expansao europeia de um ponto de vista provocante e inovador. Em vez de estudar as batalhas militares e politicas ou a agressao social e cultural, Crosby concentra-se na pouco examinada invasao biologica das novas terras pelo que chama de "biota portatil": o conjunto de animais, vegetais e doencas que embarcaram junto com os europeus nas caravelas e acabaram por expulsar ou liquidar a flora, a fauna e os habitantes nativos de varias regioes temperadas do mundo. No capitulo inicial, o autor narra a formacao dos diversos continentes a partir do supercontinente de Pangeia e se detem na Revolucao Neolitica - a passagem da Idade da Pedra para a do Bronze, que desemboca na criacao da civilizacao. A seguir, procura explicar por que as primeiras tentativas de colonizacao europeia - dos escandinavos e dos cruzados - nao deram certo. O primeiro grande exito do "imperialismo" europeu ocorreu somente no seculo XV, com a europeizacao completa das ilhas de Acores, Madeira e Canarias, processo pouco conhecido que Crosby descreve num capitulo iluminador. A partir de entao, ajudados pelo conhecimento essencial dos ventos, os europeus se espalharam com arrojo pelos mares e continentes. Em tres capitulos fascinantes - ervas, animais, doencas - ficamos sabendo que armas poderosas os navegadores levavam na bagagem: uma avalanche capaz de transformar o mundo.
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Crosby, Alfred Worcester was born on January 15, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Worcester and Ruth (Coleman) Crosby.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1952; A.M.T., Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1961; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Grinnell College, 1992.
He is the author of such books as The Columbian Exchange (1972) and Ecological Imperialism (1986). In these works, he provides biological and geographical explanations for why Europeans were able to succeed with relative ease in what he refers to as the Neo-Europes of Australasia, North America, and southern South America. Recognizing the majority of modern-day wealth is located in Europe and the Neo-Europes, Crosby set out to investigate what historical causes are behind the disparity.
According to Hal Rothman, a Professor of History at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Crosby “added biology to the process of human exploration, coming up with explanations for events as diverse as Cortez’s conquest of Mexico and the fall of the Inca empire that made vital use of the physical essence of humanity.”
In 1972 he created the term Columbian Exchange in his book of the same name.
The term has become popular among historians and journalists, such as Charles C. Mann, whose book 1493 expands and updates Crosby"s original work. He has taught at Washington State University, Yale University, the Alexander Turnbull Library in New Zealand, and the University of Helsinki.
He was appointed an academician by Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari. He is currently Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
( Thirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work ...)
(People of European descent form the bulk of the populatio...)
(People of European descent form the bulk of the populatio...)
( The best thing about this book is its overarching thesi...)
(This book is the first comprehensive introduction to cont...)
(Imperialismo ecologico e um livro surpreendente desde o t...)
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Served with United States Army, 1952-1955. Member American Association Environmental History, American History Association, Finnish Academy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Texas Institute Letters.
Married Frances E. Karttunen, May 20, 1983. Children by previous marriage: Kevin, Carolyn. Stepchildren: Jaana, Suvi.