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The Great Guano Rush: Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion 1994 edition
Jimmy M. Skaggs
The Great Guano Rush: Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion 1994 edition
Jimmy M. Skaggs
'Guano' (bird droppings) was the 19th century's most important fertilizer and in 1856 Congress, believing that American farmers were being gouged on guano sales by foreign monopolists, authorised U. S. citizens to claim and exploit unowned guano-rich islands around the world.
334 pages, XIV, 334 p.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 15, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780312103163 |
Publishers | Palgrave USA |
Pages | 334 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 30 mm · 616 g |
Language | English |
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