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Author : Pan American Union
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Guano Islands of Peru written by Pan American Union and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (611 download)
Download or read book The Guano Islands of Peru written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregory T. Cushman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107004136
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World written by Gregory T. Cushman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.
Author : Robert Cushman Murphy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Bird Islands of Peru written by Robert Cushman Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dave Hollett
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9780838641316
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (413 download)
Download or read book More Precious Than Gold written by Dave Hollett and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteenth-century Conquistadors, led by Pizarro, came to Peru for three reasons--God, gold, and glory, but after the initial glory of their conquest they tended to concentrate on gold, rather than God. Direct colonial rule by Spain lasted for almost three hundred years, only ending in 1826, when the last Spanish flag was hauled down from the battlements of Real Felipe Fortress. However, just a few short years after Peru had declared its independence from Spain, the attention of some people in Lima began to focus on a potential source of untold wealth that was to prove more precious than gold. This was guano which, in its greatest concentration, was found on the diminutive Chincha Islands that lie just off the Peruvian coast, some seventy miles south of Callao. This book covers the story of this international guano trade. It outlines the fate of the unfortunates recruited to cut and load the guano. It also gives full details of the hardships endured by mariners employed in this trade. The story of those who grew rich on the proceeds of this trade is also outlined. Importantly, it explains just how the Peruvian government mismanaged the trade, to the extent that Peru became burdened with debts, rather than prospering on the proceeds of their vast new guano-based income.
Author : Mae Taylor Galarza
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Guano Islands written by Mae Taylor Galarza and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander James Duffield
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Peru in the Guano Age written by Alexander James Duffield and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander James Duffield
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (418 download)
Download or read book Peru In The Guano Age written by Alexander James Duffield and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-04 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Peru in the Guano Age" is a book written by Alexander James Duffield. This book provides a historical account of Peru during the so-called "Guano Age," a period in the mid-19th century when Peru's economy was heavily dependent on the export of guano, a valuable fertilizer made from seabird excrement found on the country's coastal islands. During this era, guano became a valuable commodity in international trade, and Peru's economy experienced a boom due to guano exports. The book likely discusses the economic, social, and political aspects of this period, as well as the impact of guano mining on the environment and the broader historical context of Peru during the 19th century. The "Guano Age" is a significant and unique chapter in Peruvian history, and Duffield's work likely delves into the various aspects of this historical period.
Author : Charles C. Mann
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307961702
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Wizard and the Prophet written by Charles C. Mann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world. In forty years, Earth's population will reach ten billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups--Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! The Wizards are the heirs of Norman Borlaug, whose research, in effect, wrangled the world in service to our species to produce modern high-yield crops that then saved millions from starvation. Innovate! was Borlaug's cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces--food, water, energy, climate change--grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. With our civilization on the line, the author's insightful analysis is an essential addition to the urgent conversation about how our children will fare on an increasingly crowded Earth.
Author : Pacific Guano Company
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Pacific Guano Company written by Pacific Guano Company and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander James Duffield
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book The Prospects of Peru written by Alexander James Duffield and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Ervin Coker
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Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book Regarding the Future of the Guano Industry and the Guano-producing Birds of Peru written by Robert Ervin Coker and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Ervin Coker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book The Fisheries and the Guano Industry of Peru written by Robert Ervin Coker and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Evans Maude
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9780708116074
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Slavers in Paradise written by Henry Evans Maude and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1981 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Eliot Gootenberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400860415
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Between Silver and Guano written by Paul Eliot Gootenberg and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a massive exporter of bulk goods like guano shows how a struggle between protectionists and free traders shaped the state. "This is an elegant and sophisticated book that can be read on many levels, written by an author who never takes the facile road. [Its] significance is great--not just for Peruvian history but for theoretical questions relating to dependency and economic history in nineteenth-century Latin America... Gootenberg has added a major new element to the dependency debate, one that is more intellectually satisfying than the sterile old argument about good guys and bad guys."--Timothy E. Anna, The Hispanic American Historical Review "[One] of the best books in recent years on Peruvian history, and a valuable contribution to nineteenth-century commercial and financial studies."--Michael J. Gonzales, Journal of Economic History "Fascinating reading. Gootenberg has taken the why of Latin American underdevelopment a step forward by unraveling complexities of the actual historical-economic forces... [This book] is perhaps the most thorough examination of exactly how those internal class and productive forces contributed to Peru's under-development."--Choice Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Walter M. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319695320
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands written by Walter M. Goldberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an accessible scientific introduction to the historical geography of Tropical Pacific Islands, assessing the environmental and cultural changes they have undergone and how they are affected currently by these shifts and alterations. The book emphasizes the roles of plants, animals, people, and the environment in shaping the tropical Pacific through a cross-disciplinary approach involving history, geography, biology, environmental science, and anthropology. With these diverse scientific perspectives, the eight chapters of the book provide a comprehensive overview of Tropical Pacific Islands from their initial colonization by native peoples to their occupation by colonial powers, and the contemporary changes that have affected the natural history and social fabric of these islands. The Tropical Pacific Islands are introduced by a description of their geological formation, development, and geography. From there, the book details the origins of the island's original peoples and the dawn of the political economy of these islands, including the domestication and trade of plants, animals, and other natural resources. Next, readers will learn about the impact of missionaries on Pacific Islands, and the affects of Wold War II and nuclear testing on natural resources and the health of its people. The final chapter discusses the islands in the context of natural resource extraction, population increases, and global climate change. Working together these factors are shown to affect rainfall and limited water resources, as well as the ability to sustain traditional crops, and the capacity of the islands to accomodate its residents.
Author : Daniel Immerwahr
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715122
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book How to Hide an Empire written by Daniel Immerwahr and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune A Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff Pick A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an “empire,” exercising power around the world. But what about the actual territories—the islands, atolls, and archipelagos—this country has governed and inhabited? In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light. We travel to the Guano Islands, where prospectors collected one of the nineteenth century’s most valuable commodities, and the Philippines, site of the most destructive event on U.S. soil. In Puerto Rico, Immerwahr shows how U.S. doctors conducted grisly experiments they would never have conducted on the mainland and charts the emergence of independence fighters who would shoot up the U.S. Congress. In the years after World War II, Immerwahr notes, the United States moved away from colonialism. Instead, it put innovations in electronics, transportation, and culture to use, devising a new sort of influence that did not require the control of colonies. Rich with absorbing vignettes, full of surprises, and driven by an original conception of what empire and globalization mean today, How to Hide an Empire is a major and compulsively readable work of history.
