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Author Cushman, Gregory T., 1971- author.

Title Guano and the opening of the Pacific world : a global ecological history / Gregory T. Cushman.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 392 pages).
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studies in environment and history
Studies in environment and history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue -- The Guano Age -- Neo-Ecological Imperialism -- Where Is Banaba? -- Conservation and the Technocratic Ideal -- The Most Valuable Birds in the World -- When the Japanese Came to Dinner -- The Road to Survival -- Guano & the Blue Revolution.
Summary This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.
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Subject Guano -- Peru -- History.
Guano.
Peru.
History.
Peru -- Environmental conditions.
Environmental conditions.
Guano industry -- Pacific Area -- History.
Guano industry.
Pacific Area.
Pacific Area -- Commerce -- History.
Pacific Area -- Environmental conditions.
Guano -- Social aspects -- History.
Commerce.
Guano -- Environmental aspects -- History.
Phosphate industry -- History.
Phosphate industry.
Human ecology -- History.
Social aspects.
Human ecology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Ecology.
Guano.
Guanohandel.
Phosphatindustrie.
Peru.
Pazifischer Raum.
Pérou.
Pacifique (bassin)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Cushman, Gregory T., 1971- Guano and the opening of the Pacific world. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107004139 (DLC) 2012010866 (OCoLC)793221697
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