Guano and the Pacific world
Subtitle: a global and ecological history of a natural resource
By: Gregory T. Cushman
Series: Studies in environment and history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781107004139
Subjects: Commerce; Environmental conditions; Guano industry; Human ecology; Guano; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The Guano Age; title: Neo-Ecological Imperialism; title: Where Is Banaba?; title: Conservation and the Technocratic Ideal; title: The Most Valuable Birds in the World; title: When the Japanese Came to Dinner; title: The Road to Survival; title: Guano & the Blue Revolution.