Guano and the opening of the Pacific world [electronic resource] : a global ecological history / Gregory T. Cushman.

By: Cushman, Gregory T, 1971-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in environment and historyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: xxii, 392 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9781107306288 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Guano -- Peru -- History | Guano industry -- Pacific Area -- History | Guano -- Social aspects -- History | Guano -- Environmental aspects -- History | Phosphate industry -- History | Human ecology -- History | Peru -- Environmental conditions | Pacific Area -- Commerce -- History | Pacific Area -- Environmental conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 631.8/660985 LOC classification: S649 | .C85 2013Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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