A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico - Elinor G. K. Melville - Google Books

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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…