Ecological Imperialism: The Expansion of Europe 900-1900 By Alfred Crosby
Historian and professor Alfred Crosby wrote Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 in 1986. He uses the term "Neo-Europes" to describe the places colonized and conquered by Europeans.
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