An environmental history of the twentiethcentury world, which argues that human activity during the 20th century led to environmental. Mcneill s book is by far the clearest, best informed, and scientifically accurate of the accounts available on this sugary conflict. Mcneill is university professor at georgetown university. Pdf on jan 1, 2012, robert sallares and others published mosquito empires. Countless historians reading mcneill will doubtless rethink, refine, and amend manuscripts in progress. Ecological changes made these landscapes especially suitable for the vector mosquitoes of yellow fever and malaria, and these diseases wrought systematic havoc. Mcneills new book does more than exhibit his usual gifts breadth of range, mastery of material, depth of insight, freedom of thought, clarity of. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 new approaches to the americas. Yellow fever, malaria, and the spanish empire in the americas 16501830 on vimeo. His books include the mountains of the mediterranean world cambridge university press, 2003.
Mcneill, environmental historian, georgetown university. Far from enabling conquest, introduced diseasessuch as malaria and especially yellow feverkept europeans or at least some europeans, some of the time from fulfilling their dreams of empire in the americas, particularly in what mcneill calls the greater caribbean. As the title suggests, it places considerable responsibility for the course of events upon mosquitoes aedes and anopheles, those formidable vectors of yellow fever and malaria. Lecture series the center for the history of agriculture. John mcneill is university professor at georgetown university and an expert on international environmental history. Mcneill is university professor in the school of foreign service and the. Mcneills book is by far the clearest, best informed, and scientifically accurate of the accounts available on this sugary conflict.
Oct 14, 2015 john robert mcneill argues that ecological change led to the proliferation of mosquito vectors which shaped subsequent wars, empires and revolutions p. The diary of lydia amelia pierce, portland, maine, 1918 lois lowry. John mcneill was born and raised in chicago and remains passionately devoted to the professional sports teams of the windy city. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 cambridge. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 new approaches to. Professor john mcneill georgetown university, history has authored five books and over a hundred articles. Mosquito empires is a book that spans nearly three centuries and the histories of many peoples, nations, and empires in the american tropical world. Mosquitoes that changed history in the summer of 1793, a yellow fever epidemic had taken hold of philadelphia, then the largest city in the united states. Mcneill is professor of history and university professor at georgetown university. One of the worlds leading environmental and global historians, he is the author of five books, including the prizewinning something new under the sun. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 new approaches to the americas j. John r mcneill is professor of history at georgetown university. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16401914. An ecologicalimmunologicalmilitary history of independence wars in the americas april 20 3.
Since 1985 he has cheerfully served two masters, as a faculty member of the school of foreign service and history department at georgetown. Rita pemberton, the university of the west indies, st. Mcneill early proponent of world history, together they wrote the human web. It remains to be seen how deep its imprint will be on the hemispheres social and political history.
John robert mcneill argues that ecological change led to the proliferation of mosquito vectors which shaped subsequent wars, empires. 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. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 by j. The integrity of the university community is affected by the individual choices made by each of us. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean 16201914, won the 2010 albert j. Mcneill mosquito empires chapter summaries john robert.
How the lowly mosquito helped america win independence. Mcneill tells an innovative and much more compelling version of this history in his new book, mosquito empires. Mcneill, has just published his latest book mosquito empires. The question of racial immunity to yellow fever in history. An environmental history of the united states university of washington press, 2012 john r. The breadth, clarity, innovation, and imagination found in mosquito empires guarantee its wide acknowledgement as a significant scholarly contribution. John robert mcneill born 1954 is an american environmental historian, author, and professor at georgetown university.
Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16401914 2010. Mosquito empires is divided into four main parts, structured around chronological case studies. An environmental history of the twentiethcentury world 2000, cowinner of the world history association book prize and the forest history society. 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. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 new approaches to the americas mcneill, j. In this learned and wideranging work, mcneill explores the role of the mosquito as a disease vector and its subsequent effect on how empires were gained, maintained, and lost in an era before the development of effective tropical medicine. The history department is pleased to announce the upcoming winter 2016 distinguished herbert p. Prof mcneill discusses book mosquito empires youtube. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16401914 and something new under the sun. An environmental history of the twentiethcentury world 2000, cowinner of the world history association book prize and the. Cambridge core regional history after 1500 mosquito empires by j. Environmental change and the geopolitics of tropical america, 16001825, environment and history 5, no. Why a historian spent his best years struggling to learn about arcane arthropods, on thursday, february 11, 2016, at 5 pm in leighton 305, to be presented by professor john r. January 2012 comparative studies in society and history.
Mcneill is university professor in the history department and school of foreign service at. Mcneills fascinating study of the impact of mosquitoborne disease in the early modern americas is both a military and an environmental history, attentive to geography, ecology, and pathogens as historical inputs. Free shipping on due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Mcquaide distinguished lecture in history, november 12, 20. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 by john r. John mcneill on mosquito empires library of congress. In mosquito empires, john mcneill complicates and turns this story around. An environmental history of the twentieth century world. Mcneils work mosquito empires gives seat to ecology as an actor on the geopolitical stage and observes how climate change and other environmental factors create an actionreaction observing how it can. Mcneill argues that the new creole ecologies brought about by the plantation economy in the 17th century in the greater caribbean led to an increased risk of epidemic diseases, namely yellow fever and malaria. Environmental historians are learning to delve more deeply into the history of disease and to use these understandings to reframe broad historical narratives th. An environmental history of the twentiethcentury world, which argues that human activity during the.
New approaches to the americas includes bibliographical references and index. Mosquito empires examines the dynamics of empire in the greater caribbean the caribbean islands and the coastal regions of north, central and south america bringing disease and ecology into traditional political and social history. Mcneill is university professor in the history department and school of foreign service at georgetown university. Mcneill is mainly known for his pioneering work on enviromental history publishing works such as mosquito empires. The human web 2003, translated into seven languages.
Mcneill holds dual appointments in georgetowns school of foreign service and its department of history. He shows both how human imperial designs rendered a new ecology in the greater caribbean, and in turn how this ecological zone fostered disease patterns that strongly. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 new approaches to the americas 1st edition by mcneill, j. An environmental history of the twentiethcentury world w. An environmental history of the twentieth century world 2000 and mosquito empires. Augustine, trinidad and tobago in this book mc neill traces 294 years of the in. Mosquito empires ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914. John robert mcneill is an american environmental historian who is serving as a professor at georgetown university.
An environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945 and mosquito empires. I am excited to report that my friend and georgetown colleague, john r. Trevor burnard death in the tropics mosquito empires. Entomological workers and environmental change during the construction of the panama canal, isis 98, no. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 dimensioner 228 x 152 x 19 mm vikt 521 g antal komponenter 1 komponenter 2. Read mosquito empires pdf ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 1620 1914 by j. Mcneill offers an ecological perspective on the geopolitical history. Mcneill is an author and professor at georgetown university.
Ecology and war in the greater caribbean 16201914, new york. He is best known for pioneering the study of environmental history. John mcneill is professor of history at georgetown university and author of several books on world and environmental history, most recently mosquito empires. Mcneill discusses and signs his book mosquito empire. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 2010 other texts on the syllabus will be shared online through blackboard. John mcneill, a member of the anthropocene working group of the international union of the geological sciences, reflects upon the role of historians in the work of the awg and the implications for historians of the debates surrounding the anthropocene. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 by john robert mcneill 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. John mcneill rachel carson center for environment and. An environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945 with peter engelke and mosquito empires. Ecological changes made these landscapes especially suitable for the vector mosquitoes of yellow fever and malaria, and these diseases. John mcneill georgetown university revolutionary mosquitoes, 17761898. Mcneill find, read and cite all the research you need. Jun 15, 2016 john r mcneill is professor of history at georgetown university.
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