Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History (Studies in Environment and History)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (537 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 110765596X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gregory T. . He works closely with environmental scientists in interdisciplinary research and teaching and has published a number of articles on climate history and the history of climate science. Cushman is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Kansas, where he teaches courses on international environmental history. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 2007
A brilliant but irritating book. For serious interest in environmental history. Others may find the book a crashing bore. lyndonbrecht I'm rating Cushman's book a qualified 5. The scholarship is excellent, the writing is excellent and at times witty, as well as quite opinionated. Sheer originality is my main reason for the 5; this book is thought-provoking, makes some remarkable connections (particularly between the USA and Peru), pro. Jake Zirkle said Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World Review. Gregory T. Cushman’s Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History provides an examination of guano (excretion) and its importance to global economies and world history. Associate Professor of History at the University of Kansas, Cushman has created a work that blends hi. "Can't rate what I can't read" according to Tom King. I haven't received it, so I can't rate it.
All round, this is one of the most impressive books published in the emerging field of global environmental history." Jim Clifford, Reviews in History"This is as much an environmental history, as it is the history of environmental thought in the Pacific basin. This is therefore an important book." Ariel Ron, Journal of American History" an impressively vast book, which follows guano through time and space and intertwines environmental, social, intellectual, economic and climate histories with the history of colonialism, science, migration and global development The book is all the more noteworthy as, despite the massive breadth of the book's subject matter, Cushman remains attentive to the people in this history. "Gregory Cushman pursues this thought experiment with ut
Cushman casts this once little-known commodity as an engine of Western industrialization, offering new insight into uniquely modern developments such as environmental consciousness and conservation movements; the ascendance of science, technology, and expertise; international relations; and world war.. This book explores how the production and commodification of guano has shaped the modern Pacific Basin and the world's relationship to the region. Marrying traditional methods of historical analysis with a broad