Ecological Imperialism：The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900

AlfredW.CrosbyisaProfessorEmeritusinAmericanStudies,HistoryandGeographyattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,wherehetaughtforover20years.HispreviousbooksincludeAmerica'sForgottenPandemic:TheInfluenzaof1918(2ndEdition,Cambridge,2003),ThrowingFire:ProjectileTechnologyThroughHistory(Cambridge,2002),TheMeasureofReality:QuantificationandWesternSociety,1250-1600(Cambridge,1997).TheMeasureofRealitywaschosenbytheLosAngelesTimesasoneofthe100mostimportantbooksof1997.