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The Panama Canal in American Politics

Author : J. Michael Hogan
Publisher : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809312771
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Panama Canal in American Politics written by J. Michael Hogan and published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hogan analyzes the Panama Canal debate, one of the most emotionally charged issues to divide American opinion in this century. Hogan first provides background for his detailed analysis of the historic debate between the Carter administration and the New Right. Preparing the reader for that confrontation and the senate debate that followed, he examines the heritage of political controversy surrounding the Panama Canal, particularly the impact of that controversy on the evolution of U.S. policy throughout the 20th century. He documents the canal's mythic status in American politics--its transformation from a symbol of America's rise to world leadership to a symbol, for many, of American colonialism and imperialism. Hogan's analysis covers the substance of the debate over Panama in both the mass media and in the senate. Without becoming an advocate for either side, he analyzes both the protreaty campaign by the Carter administration and the counterattack by the New Right.

The Panama Canal

Author : José Carlos Rodrigues
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Panama Canal written by José Carlos Rodrigues and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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.

The Panama Canal

Author : Jon T. Hoffman
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Jon T. Hoffman and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pamphlet describes the critical role of Army officers who defied the odds and saw this immense project through to completion. They included Col. William C. Gorgas, who supervised the medical effort that saved countless lives and made it possible for the labor force to do its job; Col. George W. Goethals, who oversaw the final design of the canal and its construction and, equally important, motivated his workers to complete the herculean task ahead of schedule; and many other officers who headed up the project's subordinate construction commands and rebuilt the Panama railroad, a key component of the venture. In just seven years, these soldiers, thousands of fellow Americans, and tens of thousands of workers from around the world turned the dream of an isthmian canal into reality. Their success immediately ranked among the greatest peacetime feats of the Army and the nation, and it remains so to this day.

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.--

Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch

Author : Adam Clymer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch written by Adam Clymer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable and revealing tale, noted journalist Clymer shows how the decision to give up the Panama Canal stirred emotions already rubbed raw by the loss of the Vietnam War and shaped American politics for years.

Prize Possession

Author : John Major
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521521260
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Prize Possession written by John Major and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prize Possession is a history of United States policy towards the Panama Canal, focusing principally on the first two generations of American tenure of the Canal Zone between 1904 and 1955. John Major also provides an extensive look at the nineteenth-century background, the making of the 1903 canal treaty with Panama, the move after 1955 towards the new treaty settlement of 1977, and the crucial significance of the Canal to American policy-makers and their public. The book is based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of US government agencies, namely, the State, War, and Navy Department, and the Canal Zone administration, as well as on the papers of notable dramatis personae such as Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Philippe Bunau-Varilla. As such it makes an important and original contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a subject which has not yet received its due from historians.

The Panama Canal

Author : Charles Callan Tansill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Charles Callan Tansill and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Canal Zone Policies and Problems

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Canal Zone Policies and Problems by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal

Download or read book Canal Zone Policies and Problems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Political Aspects of the Panama Canal

Author : James L. Busey
Publisher : Tucson : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Aspects of the Panama Canal written by James L. Busey and published by Tucson : University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

U.s.-panama Relations, 1903-1978

Author : David N Farnsworth
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book U.s.-panama Relations, 1903-1978 written by David N Farnsworth and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1983-09-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book traces relations between the United States and Panama from 1903 to 1978, focusing especially on the Panama Canal dispute from its origin until ratification of the historic Carter-Torrijos treaties. The authors' analysis emphasizes the extent to which the domestic politics of each country influence decisions about foreign policy and about the canal treaty negotiations, and how these decisions about foreign policy and about the canal treaty negotiations, and how these decisions in turn affected internal political circumstances. Beyond its overall assessment of issues historically important in relations between the United States and Panama, the book covers a wide range of topics: Panama's political system, its domestic yet interdependent relationship between canal-zone residents and other Panamanians; details of the Panama-U.S. canal dispute, the lengthy negotiating process, and the negotiating strategies in the U.S. Senate; and the likely impact of the treaty on future U.S.- Panama relations. The book is based on interviews with key figures in both countries and on extensive review of articles, government documents, and FBIS reports." -- Publisher description.

Panama Canal Oversight

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama Canal Oversight written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Defense, Maintenance and Operation of the Panama Canal, Including Administration and Government of the Canal Zone

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Defense, Maintenance and Operation of the Panama Canal, Including Administration and Government of the Canal Zone written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reports of the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government

Author : Panama Canal Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reports of the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government written by Panama Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Panama and the United States

Author : Michael L. Conniff
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 082034477X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Panama and the United States written by Michael L. Conniff and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Panama assumed control of the Panama Canal in 1999, its relations with the United States became those of a friendly neighbor. In this third edition, Michael L. Conniff describes Panama’s experience as owner-operator of one of the world’s premier waterways and the United States’ adjustment to its new, smaller role. He finds that Panama has done extremely well with the canal and economic growth but still struggles to curb corruption, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Historically, Panamanians aspired to have their country become a crossroads of the world, while Americans sought to tame a vast territory and protect their trade and influence around the globe. The building of the Panama Canal (1904–14) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fully. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Conniff considers the full range of factors—political, social, strategic, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual—that have bound the two countries together.

The Canal Builders

Author : Julie Greene
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101011556
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Canal Builders written by Julie Greene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory look at a momentous undertaking-from the workers' point of view The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and ingenuity. In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis has obscured a far more remarkable element of the historic enterprise: the tens of thousands of workingmen and workingwomen who traveled from all around the world to build it. Greene looks past the mythology surrounding the canal to expose the difficult working conditions and discriminatory policies involved in its construction. Drawing extensively on letters, memoirs, and government documents, the book chronicles both the struggles and the triumphs of the workers and their families. Prodigiously researched and vividly told, The Canal Builders explores the human dimensions of one of the world's greatest labor mobilizations, and reveals how it launched America's twentieth-century empire.

Panama and the United States

Author : Michael L. Conniff
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820344141
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Panama and the United States written by Michael L. Conniff and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Panama assumed control of the Panama Canal in 1999, its relations with the United States became those of a friendly neighbor. In this third edition, Michael L. Conniff describes Panama’s experience as owner-operator of one of the world’s premier waterways and the United States’ adjustment to its new, smaller role. He finds that Panama has done extremely well with the canal and economic growth but still struggles to curb corruption, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Historically, Panamanians aspired to have their country become a crossroads of the world, while Americans sought to tame a vast territory and protect their trade and influence around the globe. The building of the Panama Canal (1904–14) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fully. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Conniff considers the full range of factors—political, social, strategic, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual—that have bound the two countries together.