US Midwest versus Africa, Asia & Latin America in the 19th Century Global Environmental issues.

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US Midwest versus Africa, Asia & Latin America in the 19th Century Global Environmental issues

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US Midwest versus Africa, Asia& Latin America

in the 19th CenturyGlobal Environmental issues

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Smallpox epidemicDeath by disease during the Conquest of Mexico

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Classic Statement of the Triangle Trade: Mexico, and The Conquest, must be understood as part of an early wave of globalization during the 16th century

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Biodiversity severely reducedIn Carribean

Biodiversity reduced in places

Biodiversity conservedIn Africa

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Midwestern Railways1861

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African Railways

1890

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Midwestern Grain Traders Chicago c. 19th Century From William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis

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Chicago 19th C. Lumber DistrictMichigan North Woods

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Scramble for Africa,1880-1914

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Expansion into Asia, 1800-1939

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