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Ancient Panama

Author : Mary W. Helms
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292766742
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Panama written by Mary W. Helms and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Panama adds depth to our understanding of the political and religious elite ruling in Panama at the time of the European conquest. Mary W. Helms's research greatly expands knowledge of the distribution, extent, and structural nature of these pre-Columbian chiefdoms. In addition, Helms delves more deeply into select aspects of ancient Panamanian political systems, including the relationship between elite competition and chiefly status, the use of sumptuary goods in the expression of elite power, and the role of elites in regional and long-distance exchange networks. In a significant departure from traditional thinking, she proposes that the search for esoteric knowledge was more important than economic trade in developing long-distance contact among chiefdoms. The primary data for the study are derived from sixteenth-century Spanish records by Oviedo y Valdés, Andagoya, Balboa, and others. The author also turns to ethnographic data from contemporary native people of Panama, Colombia, tropical America, and Polynesia for analogy and comparison. The result is a highly innovative study which illuminates not only pre-Columbian Panamanian elites but also the nature of chiefdoms as a distinctive cultural type.

Ecology and the Arts in Ancient Panama

Author : Olga F. Linares
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884020691
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Ecology and the Arts in Ancient Panama written by Olga F. Linares and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1977 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linares reinterprets the Classic rank-societies of the central Panamanian provinces using archaeological, ecological, iconographic, ethnohistoric, and ethnographic evidence, and concludes that the art of this area used animal motifs as a metaphor for the qualities of aggression and hostility characteristic of local social and political life.

Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia

Author : Jeffrey Quilter
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022947
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia written by Jeffrey Quilter and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lands between Mesoamerica and the Central Andes are famed for the rich diversity of ancient cultures that inhabited them. Throughout this vast region, from about AD 700 until the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion, a rich and varied tradition of goldworking was practiced. The amount of gold produced and worn by native inhabitants was so great that Columbus dubbed the last New World shores he sailed as Costa Rica—the "Rich Coast." Despite the long-recognized importance of the region in its contribution to Pre-Columbian culture, very few books are readily available, especially in English, on these lands of gold. Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia now fills that gap with eleven articles by leading scholars in the field. Issues of culture change, the nature of chiefdom societies, long-distance trade and transport, ideologies of value, and the technologies of goldworking are covered in these essays as are the role of metals as expressions and materializations of spiritual, political, and economic power. These topics are accompanied by new information on the role of stone statuary and lapidary work, craft and trade specialization, and many more topics, including a reevaluation of the concept of the "Intermediate Area." Collectively, the volume provides a new perspective on the prehistory of these lands and includes articles by Latin American scholars whose writings have rarely been published in English.

To Capture the Sun

Author : Richard G. Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981979915
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book To Capture the Sun written by Richard G. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to accompany an upcoming exhibition, To Capture the Sun: Gold of Ancient Panama explores the Gilcrease Museum's collection of Pre-Columbian gold for the first time since its acquisition in the 1940s. More than a beautifully illustrated exhibit catalogue, this volume includes essays by leading scholars who use the Gilcrease collection to discuss the rise of metallurgy in the Western Hemisphere, the symbolic significance of gold in Gran Coclé culture, and the influence of Pre-Columbian gold on world economies.

The History of Panama

Author : Robert C. Harding
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Panama written by Robert C. Harding and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles significant events in the political, cultural, philosophical, and religious history of Panama, and includes a time line, biographical sketches, and a glossary.

Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro

Author : Charles Loftus Grant Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
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Download or read book Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro written by Charles Loftus Grant Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colonial Panama

Author : Pedro Martínez Cutillas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
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Download or read book Colonial Panama written by Pedro Martínez Cutillas and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Panama

Author : Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Panama written by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal

Author : Marixa Lasso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0674984447
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal written by Marixa Lasso and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold history of the Panama Canal--from Panama's point of view. Sleuth and scholar, Marixa Lasso has uncovered a long-overlooked story: to build their Canal, Americans displaced 40,000 Panamanians and erased entire cities, only to convince the world they had brought modernity to the tropics.--

The Big Ditch

Author : Noel Maurer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691248079
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Big Ditch written by Noel Maurer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive economic and political history of the Panama Canal On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu reveal a more complex story. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, The Big Ditch deftly chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal, from Spain's earliest proposals in 1529 through the final handover of the Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999, to the present day. The authors show that the Canal produced great economic dividends for the first quarter-century following its opening, despite massive cost overruns and delays. Relying on geographical advantage and military might, the United States captured most of these benefits. By the 1970s, however, when the Carter administration negotiated the eventual turnover of the Canal back to Panama, the strategic and economic value of the Canal had disappeared. And yet, contrary to skeptics who believed it was impossible for a fledgling nation plagued by corruption to manage the Canal, when the Panamanians finally had control, they switched the Canal from a public utility to a for-profit corporation, ultimately running it better than their northern patrons. A remarkable tale, The Big Ditch offers vital lessons about the impact of large-scale infrastructure projects, American overseas interventions on institutional development, and the ability of governments to run companies effectively.

History of the Isthmus of Panama

Author : Berthold Seemann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book History of the Isthmus of Panama written by Berthold Seemann and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro; a Narrative History of the Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement by the Spaniards of Panama, Darien, Veragua, Santo Dom

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Author : Charles Loftus Grant Anderson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015871120
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro; a Narrative History of the Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement by the Spaniards of Panama, Darien, Veragua, Santo Dom written by Charles Loftus Grant Anderson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Legends and Stories of Old Panama

Author : Ernesto de Jesús Castillero Reyes Castillero R.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legends and Stories of Old Panama written by Ernesto de Jesús Castillero Reyes Castillero R. and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Panama History

Author : Uzo Marvin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530456420
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Panama History written by Uzo Marvin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panama history and early settlement, Panama Society and Its Environment, Panama Ethnic Groups, Panama Migration, Panama Education, Panama Health and Welfare, Panama Foreign Economic Relations, Panama Government, Panama tourism, Panama people.Estimates vary greatly of the number of Indians who inhabited the isthmus when the Spanish explorers arrived. By some accounts, the population was considerably greater than that of contemporary Panama. Some Panamanian historians have suggested that there might have been a population of 500,000 Indians from some sixty "tribes," but other researchers have concluded that the Cuna alone numbered some 750,000.Besides the Cuna, which constituted by far the largest group in the area, two other major groups, the Guaymí and the Chocó, have been identified by ethnologists. The Guaymí, of the highlands near the Costa Rican border, are believed to be related to Indians of the Nahuatlan and Mayan nations of Mexico and Central America. The Chocó on the Pacific side of Darién Province appear to be related to the Chibcha of Colombia

Historical Dictionary of Panama

Author : Thomas M. Leonard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810878356
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Panama written by Thomas M. Leonard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Historical Dictionary of Panama covers Panama’s unique history from the time of its Spanish colonization, through its connection to Colombia in the nineteenth century, and its long period of U.S. presence. Throughout these periods, Panama drew the outside world’s attention as a transit route that first connected the west coasts of Latin America and the United States to Western Europe. Thus, in the long history of the isthmus, its transit route has served to move cargo, people, and culture throughout the world. The rich history of Panama is covered through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Panama.

To Capture the Sun

Author : Richard G. Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981979908
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (799 download)

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Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro

Author : C. L. G. Anderson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266360902
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro written by C. L. G. Anderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro: A Narrative History of the Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement by the Spaniards of Panama, Darien, Veragua, Santo Domingo, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Nicaragua, and Peru: Including the Four Voyages of Columbus to America, the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean B The Old World has expended her best efforts in exploiting the shores of the Atlantic, and in founding and trying to main tain and hold distant colonies and protectorates. In a sense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.