ID - 17313945 TI - A plague of sheep PY - 1994 SN - 052142061X 052157448X 1139930206 1139927256 1139931717 1139933701 113993922X 1139929488 0511571097 1139936905 9780521420617 9780511571091 9780521574488 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sheep KW - Animal introduction KW - Grazing KW - Pastoral systems KW - Human ecology KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Ecology KW - History KW - Environmental aspects KW - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo, Mexico) KW - Mexico KW - Environmental conditions KW - -Grazing KW - -Pastoral systems KW - -Sheep KW - -Animal introductions KW - Animal translocation KW - Animal translocations KW - Exotic animal introduction KW - Introduction of animals KW - Introductions of animals KW - Translocation of animals KW - Translocations of animals KW - Acclimatization KW - Zoology, Economic KW - Pest introduction KW - Domestic sheep KW - Ovis aries KW - Red sheep KW - Ovis KW - Shepherds KW - Wool KW - Herding systems KW - Pastoralism KW - Animal culture KW - Livestock systems KW - Herding KW - Animal feeding KW - Range management KW - Rangelands KW - -Valle del Mezquital (Hidalgo, Mexico) KW - -Environmental conditions KW - -Human ecology KW - -Indians of Mexico KW - -Domestic sheep KW - Indians of North America KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Meso-America KW - Meso-American Indians KW - Mesoamerica KW - Mesoamerican Indians KW - Pre-Columbian Indians KW - Precolumbian Indians KW - Environment, Human KW - Human beings KW - Human environment KW - Animal introductions KW - -History KW - -Environmental aspects KW - -Ecology KW - -Ethnology KW - Social aspects KW - Meksiko KW - Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku KW - Meksyk KW - Estados Unidos Mexicanos KW - Meḳsiḳe KW - Mexique (Country) KW - Messico KW - Méjico KW - República Mexicana KW - United States of Mexico KW - United Mexican States KW - Anáhuac KW - メキシコ KW - Mekishiko KW - מקסיקו KW - Livestock KW - Herders KW - Ethnology KW - Ecological engineering KW - Human geography KW - Nature KW - Agricultural systems KW - Pastures KW - Zoogeography KW - Effect of environment on KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Valle del Mezquital (Hidalgo, Mexico) KW - History. KW - Spanish colony, 1540-1810 KW - 16th century KW - Conquest, 1519-1540 KW - Sheep - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - Ecology - History - 16th century. KW - Animal introduction - Environmental aspects - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century. KW - Grazing - Environmental aspects - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century. KW - Pastoral systems - Environmental aspects - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century. KW - Human ecology - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century. KW - Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century. KW - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo, Mexico) - Environmental conditions - History. KW - Mexico - History - Conquest, 1519-1540. KW - History of Mexico KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology KW - Sheep - Ecology - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century KW - Animal introduction - Environmental aspects - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century KW - Grazing - Environmental aspects - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century KW - Pastoral systems - Environmental aspects - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century KW - Human ecology - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century KW - Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo) - History - 16th century KW - Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo, Mexico) - Environmental conditions - History KW - Mexico - History - Conquest, 1519-1540 KW - Mexico - History - Spanish colony, 1540-1810 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17313945 AB - This is a book about the biological conquest of the New World. Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, it shows how the environmental and social changes brought about by the introduction of Old World species aided European expansion. The book spells out in detail the environmental changes associated with the introduction of Old World grazing animals into New World ecosystems, demonstrates how these changes enabled the Spanish takeover of land, and explains how environmental changes shaped the colonial societies. ER -