The Great Guano Rush

The Great Guano Rush
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Publisher : MacMillan
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 0333614984
ISBN-13 : 9780333614983
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Book Synopsis The Great Guano Rush by : Jimmy M. Skaggs

Download or read book The Great Guano Rush written by Jimmy M. Skaggs and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text describes the little-known history of the earliest example of American overseas expansion. Guano 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, authorized US citizens to claim and exploit unowned guano-rich islands around the world. The legacy of this decision is a strange group of American appurtenances, ranging from Haiti to the central Pacific and with a highly diverse subsequent history, from the notorious near-slavery of guano-miners on Navassa Island to the contemporary issue of the Johnston Atoll chemical weapon destruction plant.


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