More precious than gold : the story of the Peruvian guano trade
"This work is most essentially concerned with the guano trade and its impact on Peru, the Peruvian people, South America, and international commerce. Central to the discussion, however, are the dual concepts of abuse and justice, as well as the nature of capitalism. Its thesis is that guano was another commodity central to a history of exploitation, torture, and other human rights abuses that were present in Inca society, worsened by Pizarro's invasion and occupation, and continued into the twentieth century."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2008
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison [NJ], ©2008
History
301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780838641316, 0838641318
145732836
Peru : land of the Incas
The conquest : gold, God, and glory
From colony to Guano Republic
Dawn of a new age
Guano : the product and the politics
Cape Horn and the Chincha Islands
Chinese bondage in Peru
The Lobos Islands adventure
The Brocklebank Line and the Cape Horn South Pacific Traders
William R. Grace & Company : the Casa Grace
Peru moves into the 20th century
The Casa Grace sails on