Alfred W. Crosby

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environmental historian historian human

Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.

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Alfred W. Crosby canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental historian ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-01-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-03-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Boston Latin School ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
employer University of Helsinki ⓘ
University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
Washington State University ⓘ
fieldOfWork environmental history ⓘ
global history ⓘ
historical demography ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
genre historical writing ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline environmental studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
influenced environmental history ⓘ
global environmental history ⓘ
world history ⓘ
knownFor analyzing ecological consequences of European expansion ⓘ
coining the term "Columbian Exchange" ⓘ
helping establish environmental history as a field ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest biological exchanges between Old World and New World ⓘ
ecological impacts of European colonization ⓘ
history of pandemics ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableIdea Columbian Exchange ⓘ
Ecological Imperialism ⓘ
surface form: ecological imperialism
notableWork America’s Forgotten Pandemic ⓘ
Children of the Sun ⓘ
Ecological Imperialism ⓘ
Germs, Seeds and Animals ⓘ
Columbian Exchange ⓘ
surface form: The Columbian Exchange

The Ends of the Earth ⓘ
The Measure of Reality ⓘ
Throwing Fire ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Massachusetts ⓘ
Nantucket ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ

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Columbian Exchange → coinedBy → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Ecological Imperialism → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
America’s Forgotten Pandemic → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Germs, Seeds and Animals → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Germs, Seeds and Animals → hasAuthor → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Throwing Fire → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Throwing Fire → hasAuthor → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Throwing Fire → workOf → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
The Measure of Reality → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
Children of the Sun → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
The Ends of the Earth → author → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
The Ends of the Earth → writtenBy → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ
The Ends of the Earth → hasAuthor → Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ