Elinor G K Melville

Datos Biográficos

ID364105
NOMBREElinor G K Melville
NOMBRESElinor G K
APELLIDOMelville
FIRMAMELVILLE E G K
AFILIACIONESYork University
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAS95
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1990
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
ÍNDICE H3

  • Environmental Change and Social Change in the Valle del Mezquital, Mexico, 1521–1600

    Elinor G K MelvilleCHAPTERAgriculture, Resource Exploitation,…2021

    The often disastrous consequences of the introduction of exotic animals into a New World environment are very clearly demonstrated by the sixteenth-century history of the Valle del Mezquital, Mexico. A rapid and profound process of environmental degradation, caused by overstocking and indiscriminate grazing of sheep in the post-conquest era, leads people to ask whether the Spanish always acted in their own long-term interests in the New World. Th…

  • A Plague of Sheep

    Murdo J Macleod, Elinor G K MelvilleREVIEWThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1996

    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

  • A Plague of Sheep

    Open AccessSarah L O’hara, Sarah L O'Hara et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development1995

  • A Plagye of Sheep

    William R Fowler, Elinor G K MelvilleARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1995

  • A Plague of Sheep

    John E Kicza, Elinor G K MelvilleARTICLEEthnohistory1995Citada por: 11

  • A Plague of Sheep

    Open AccessElinor G K MelvilleBOOKPlague of Sheep1994Citada por: 63

    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 t…

  • Land‐labour relations in sixteenth‐century Mexico

    Elinor G K MelvilleARTICLESlavery and Abolition1994Referencias: 5

    (1994). Land‐labour relations in sixteenth‐century Mexico: The formation of grazing haciendas. Slavery & Abolition: Vol. 15, Unfree labour in the development of the Atlantic world, pp. 26-35

  • Germs, Seeds and Animals

    Open AccessElinor G K MelvilleARTICLEJournal of History1994Citada por: 1

  • The Struggle for the Land

    Elinor G K Melville, Elinor Melville et al.ARTICLEEthnohistory1992

  • Environmental and Social Change in the Valle del Mezquital, Mexico, 1521-1600

    Open AccessElinor G K MelvilleARTICLEComparative Studies in Society…1990Citada por: 20Referencias: 6

    The often disastrous consequences of the introduction of exotic animals into a New World environment are very clearly demonstrated by the sixteenth-century history of the Valle del Mezquital, Mexico. A rapid and profound process of environmental degradation, caused by overstocking and indiscriminate grazing of sheep in the post-conquest era, leads us to ask whether the Spanish always acted in their own long-term interests in the New World