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The great guano rush : entrepreneurs and American overseas expansion / Jimmy M. Skaggs.
Lippincott Library HD9484.G9 U67 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skaggs, Jimmy M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guano industry--United States--History.
- Guano industry.
- Fertilizer industry--United States--History.
- Fertilizer industry.
- History.
- Insular possessions of the United States.
- United States--Insular possessions--History.
- United States.
- United States--Territories and possessions--History.
- Islands of the Pacific--History.
- Islands of the Pacific.
- Caribbean Area--History.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 334 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- This book describes the fascinating and little-known history of how scattered islands across the Pacific and Caribbean became U.S. territories.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312103166
- OCLC:
- 28506113
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