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Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914
J. R. McNeill
Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914
Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914
J. R. McNeill
Descripción
This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of the Greater Caribbean - the landscapes lying between Surinam and the Chesapeake - in the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries. Ecological changes made these landscapes especially suitable for the vector mosquitoes of yellow fever and malaria, and these diseases wrought systematic havoc among armies and would-be settlers. Because yellow fever confers immunity on survivors of the disease, and because malaria confers resistance, these diseases played partisan roles in the struggles for empire and revolution, attacking some populations more severely than others. In particular, yellow fever and malaria attacked newcomers to the region, which helped keep the Spanish Empire Spanish in the face of predatory rivals in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century, these diseases helped revolutions to succeed by decimating forces sent out from Europe to prevent them.
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa suave |
| Número de Páginas | 390 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2010-01-11 |
| Dimensiones | 8.9" x 5.9" x 1.0" pulgadas |
| Serie | New Approaches to the Americas |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | No |
| Temas | Caribeño, Estudios Ambientales |
Acerca del Autor
McNeill, J. R.
J. R. McNeill is University Professor in the History Department and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His books include The Mountains of the Mediterranean World (Cambridge University Press, 2003); Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (2000), co-winner of the World History Association book prize and the Forest History Society book prize and runner-up for the BP Natural World book prize; and most recently The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History (2003), co-authored with his father, William H. McNeill. He has also published more than 40 scholarly articles in professional and scientific journals.Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.567 kg |
| SKU: | 9780521459105 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 30/10/23 |
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