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

By: Cushman, Gregory T, 1971-Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in environment and historyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: xxii, 392 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9781107004139 (hbk.)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 conditionsDDC classification: 631.8/660985 LOC classification: S649 | .C85 2013
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.
Item type: Book
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631.8660985 CUS 2013 Available 46072

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) 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.