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The Colonizer's Model of the World
Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History
Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History
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"...an engaging book...a clear and accessible style, generally valid assertions, and an explicit sense of geography. The book serves as a valuable foil against a persistent Eurocentric bias in historical interpretation--effectively challenging how we look at the world."
-The Professional Geographer
"....someone sounding off on a favorite topic can be fascinating, and Professor Blaut, an American, is certainly that."
-New Scientist
"Professor Blaut's book contains devastating refutations of many of the scholarly theories that have attempted to establish a long-term unique superiority of Europe on the basis of its geographical features and climate or the special independence, rationality, or restraint of its population. He has made an irrefutable case for the importance of the conquest and exploitation of America after 1492 to the rise of modern European power and culture. His arguments are always stimulating and often convincing."
-Martin Bernal, Cornell University
-The Professional Geographer
"....someone sounding off on a favorite topic can be fascinating, and Professor Blaut, an American, is certainly that."
-New Scientist
"Professor Blaut's book contains devastating refutations of many of the scholarly theories that have attempted to establish a long-term unique superiority of Europe on the basis of its geographical features and climate or the special independence, rationality, or restraint of its population. He has made an irrefutable case for the importance of the conquest and exploitation of America after 1492 to the rise of modern European power and culture. His arguments are always stimulating and often convincing."
-Martin Bernal, Cornell University
