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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521459109
ISBN-13
9780521459105
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78672982
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
390 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mosquito Empires : Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Pathology, Revolutionary, Europe / Renaissance, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Epidemiology, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, History, Medical
Series
New Approaches to the Americas Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2009-037299
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Drawing on an enormous documentary source base, culled from many archives and texts in several languages, and ranging effortlessly across military history and medical science, J. R. McNeill's book is a major achievement. Henceforth, histories of empire, warfare, and international relations that neglect the environmental context of the events they recount will be seriously deficient.' Gabriel Paquette, Times Literary Supplement, "...a wonderful book, as fun to read as it is thought-provoking and informative." -Molly A. Warsh, Journal of World History, "...this is a truly impressive book that makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Greater Caribbean and beyond." -Matthew Mulcahy, William and Mary Quarterly, "In his compelling new book, J. R. McNeill asserts that over the course of two centuries historical events in the Americas shifted on tides of fevered sweat and black vomit." -Jennifer L. Anderson, European History Quarterly, 'For most of the last five centuries, the Atlantic empires - European and North American - wrested, fought wars, and killed thousands of citizens and slaves for possession of the wealth swaying in the fields of the Caribbean islands and coastlines. The dominant factors in the long conflict, no matter what the protagonists claimed, were not political or religious or even economic but septic, that is, the microbes of yellow fever and malaria. J. R. McNeill's book is by far the clearest, best informed, and scientifically accurate of the accounts available on this sugary conflict.' Alfred W. Crosby, The University of Texas at Austin, "Brilliant. Ranging freely across the 'Greater Caribbean'...McNeill makes a riveting case that the primary driver in the colonial conflicts there was not political or economic but microbiological." - Charles C. Mann, Wall Street Journal, 'J. R. McNeil has written a book full of revelations that left me astounded and eager to assign it to my students. Mosquito Empires is beautifully paced, well-researched, convincing, and important. It also left me more than a little envious: I wish I had written this book.' Environment and History, "Drawing on an enormous documentary source base, culled from many archives and texts in several languages, and ranging effortlessly across military history and medical science, J R McNeill's book is a major achievement. Henceforth, histories of empire, warfare, and international relations that neglects the environmental context of the events they recount will be seriously deficient." -Gabriel Paquette, TLS, "Drawing on an enormous documentary source base, culled from many archives and texts in several languages, and ranging effortlessly across military history and medical science, J. R. McNeill's book is a major achievement. Henceforth, histories of empire, warfare, and international relations that neglects the environmental context of the events they recount will be seriously deficient." Gabriel Paquette, Times Literary Supplement, "...a valuable addition to the historiography o the seventeenth- and eighteenth- century Caribbean." -Mariola Espinosa, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 'In this authoritative and engaging book, J. R. McNeill argues convincingly that disease played a pivotal role in many of the momentous events of Caribbean history. He shows how the region's disease ecology changed following the advent of European colonization and how this served and then subverted the interests of the Caribbean's oldest colonial powers. Mosquito Empires is indispensible to any student of Caribbean history or the history of disease.' Mark Harrison, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, "...a fine study that will be read and admired for generations to come." -Paul Kopperman, The Journal of Southern History, 'J. R. McNeill's new book does more than exhibit his usual gifts - breadth of range, mastery of material, depth of insight, freedom of thought, clarity of expression. It has changed the way I think about empires of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and will challenge many readers' assumptions about the limits of human agency in shaping great events.' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, University of Notre Dame, 'For most of the last five centuries, the Atlantic empires - European and North American - wrested, fought wars, and killed thousands of citizens and slaves for possession of the wealth swaying in the fields of the Caribbean islands and coastlines. The dominant factors in the long conflict, no matter what the protagonists claimed, were not political or religious or even economic but septic, that is, the microbes of yellow fever and malaria. J. R. McNeill's book is by far the clearest, best informed, and scientifically accurate of the accounts available on this sugary conflict.' Alfred W. Crosby, University of Texas, Austin, "...a welcom addition to maritime and imperial history." -Paul Webb, International Journal of Maritime History, "For most of the last five centuries, the Atlantic empires - European and North American - wrested, fought wars, and killed thousands of citizens and slaves for possession of the wealth swaying in the fields of the Caribbean islands and coastlines. The dominant factors in the long conflict, no matter what the protagonists claimed, were not political or religious or even economic but septic, that is, the microbes of yellow fever and malaria. J. R. McNeill's book is by far the clearest, best informed, and scientifically accurate of the accounts available on this sugary conflict."- Alfred W. Crosby, Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 'Who would have guessed that the mosquito played such a vital role, shaping the fate of empires and revolutions, in such a vitally important part of the world? This provocative book is an eye-opener, written with great verve and wit.' Philip Morgan, Johns Hopkins University, "McNeill's seminal and path-breaking new study will surely play a leading role in providing a clear historical understanding of colonization and its aftermath in a vast area of the Western Hemisphere." --American Historical Review, "...gives a valuable framework for understanding the biology of colonization and independence in the Americas." -Lynn A. Nelson, Florida Historical Quarterly
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
972.9
Table Of Content
Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. The argument: mosquito determinism and its limits; 2. Atlantic empires and Caribbean ecology; 3. Deadly fevers, deadly doctors; Part II. Imperial Mosquitoes: 4. From Recife to Kourou: yellow fever takes hold, 1620-1764; 5. Cartagena and Havana: yellow fever rampant; Part III. Revolutionary Mosquitoes: 6. Lord Cornwallis vs anopheles quadrimaculatus, 1780-1; 7. Revolutionary fevers: Haiti, New Granada, and Cuba, 1790-1898; 8. Epilogue: vector and virus vanquished.
Synopsis
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., This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of the Greater Caribbean in the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries. Yellow fever and malaria attacked newcomers, which helped keep the Spanish Empire Spanish in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century, these diseases helped revolutions to succeed by decimating European troops.
LC Classification Number
F1621.M38 2010
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history of relationship between yellow fever and the empires in the New World, with a touch of ecology thrown in
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