附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-235) and index.
Map: Peru ca. 1860 -- Introduction: guano and its discontents. Guano in history. Scoping the study -- 2. National heterodox traditions: the 1820s to the 1840s. A protection of elites. Popular mechanics -- 3. Diversifying with guano: Casanova, 1845-1853. Industrial movements. Guano into factories? critics, now and then -- 4. Impending crises: Fuentes, Pardo, and Cisneros, 1854-1868. Liberal scenes. Manuel A. Fuentes: social realities. Don Manuel Pardo: railroads to industry. On a railroad to nowhere? Luis Benjamin Cisneros: neoprotectionist turn -- 5. The return of popular industrialism: Copello and Petriconi, the 1870s. The arriving crisis. Artisans as liberal challenge, 1852-1858. The renascence of artisan politics, 1859-1876. Economic independence? -- 6. Economic history: Esteves, the 1880s. Aftermaths. Indians and industries -- 7. Conclusions: thinking about guano.
