Guano and the opening of the Pacific world a global ecological history

Title:

Author:

Cushman, Gregory T., 1971-

Personal Author:

Cushman, Gregory T., 1971-

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Physical Description:

xxii, 392 p. : ill., maps.

Series:

Studies in environment and history

Series Title:

Studies in environment and history

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.

Subject Term:

Guano -- Peru -- History.

Guano industry -- Pacific Area -- History.

Guano -- Social aspects -- History.

Guano -- Environmental aspects -- History.

Phosphate industry -- History.

Human ecology -- History.

Geographic Term:

Peru -- Environmental conditions.

Pacific Area -- Commerce -- History.

Pacific Area -- Environmental conditions.

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