xiv 368 pages, indexed, annotated. The book has been covered in contact, there is a neat oenrship inscription on thefront end paper and a small hole (cigarette?) on the front end paper and half title page, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy in nexcellent condition. "People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world--North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain because in many cases they were achieved by using firearms against spears. Alfred Crosby, however, explains that the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest." (Back cover)