A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico » (1st Edition)

Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, this book is about the biological conquest of the New World.

Preface;
1. Introduction;
2. Alien landscapes;
3. The Australian experience;
4. The Mexican case;
5. The conquest process;
6. The colonial regime; Appendix 1. Sub-areas; Appendix 2. Sources for population estimates; Appendix 3. Sources for land holding and land use; Abbreviations; Glossary; Bibliography.