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Author : Wolfred Nelson
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Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Five Years at Panama written by Wolfred Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wolfred Nelson
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Five Years at Panama written by Wolfred Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wolfred 1846-1913 Nelson
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781362493921
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)
Download or read book 5 YEARS AT PANAMA THE TRANS-IS written by Wolfred 1846-1913 Nelson and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 364 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.
Author : Marixa Lasso
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674984447
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Erased written by Marixa Lasso and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Panama Canal's untold history—from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal’s American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics. The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern development of Central America. Cutting a convenient path from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, it hastened the currents of trade and migration that were already reshaping the Western hemisphere. Yet the waterway was built at considerable cost to a way of life that had characterized the region for centuries. In Erased, Marixa Lasso recovers the history of the Panamanian cities and towns that once formed the backbone of the republic. Drawing on vast and previously untapped archival sources and personal recollections, Lasso describes the canal’s displacement of peasants, homeowners, and shop owners, and chronicles the destruction of a centuries-old commercial culture and environment. On completion of the canal, the United States engineered a tropical idyll to replace the lost cities and towns—a space miraculously cleansed of poverty, unemployment, and people—which served as a convenient backdrop to the manicured suburbs built exclusively for Americans. By restoring the sounds, sights, and stories of a world wiped clean by U.S. commerce and political ambition, Lasso compellingly pushes back against a triumphalist narrative that erases the contribution of Latin America to its own history.
Author : Matthew Parker
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307472531
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Panama Fever written by Matthew Parker and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those who built the canal vividly to life. Politicians engaged in high-stakes diplomacy in order to influence its construction. Meanwhile, engineers and workers from around the world rushed to take advantage of high wages and the chance to be a part of history. Filled with remarkable characters, Panama Fever is an epic history that shows how a small, fiercely contested strip of land made the world a smaller place and launched the era of American global dominance.
Author : Noel Maurer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691248079
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
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.
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Spain and Spanish America in the Libraries of the University of California: The general and departmental libraries written by University of California, Berkeley. Library and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Library
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Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The general and departmental libraries written by University of California, Berkeley. Library and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Unitarian Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691218374
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Racial Migrations written by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping history of Afro-Latino migrants who conspired to overthrow a colonial monarchy, end slavery, and secure full citizenship in their homelands In the late nineteenth century, a small group of Cubans and Puerto Ricans of African descent settled in the segregated tenements of New York City. At an immigrant educational society in Greenwich Village, these early Afro-Latino New Yorkers taught themselves to be poets, journalists, and revolutionaries. At the same time, these individuals—including Rafael Serra, a cigar maker, writer, and politician; Sotero Figueroa, a typesetter, editor, and publisher; and Gertrudis Heredia, one of the first women of African descent to study midwifery at the University of Havana—built a political network and articulated an ideal of revolutionary nationalism centered on the projects of racial and social justice. These efforts were critical to the poet and diplomat José Martí’s writings about race and his bid for leadership among Cuban exiles, and to the later struggle to create space for black political participation in the Cuban Republic. In Racial Migrations, Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof presents a vivid portrait of these largely forgotten migrant revolutionaries, weaving together their experiences of migrating while black, their relationships with African American civil rights leaders, and their evolving participation in nationalist political movements. By placing Afro-Latino New Yorkers at the center of the story, Hoffnung-Garskof offers a new interpretation of the revolutionary politics of the Spanish Caribbean, including the idea that Cuba could become a nation without racial divisions. A model of transnational and comparative research, Racial Migrations reveals the complexities of race-making within migrant communities and the power of small groups of immigrants to transform their home societies.
Author : Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the Isthmian Canal Commission ... written by Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Illustrated Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City
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Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of "accessions" and "books in foreign languages".
Author : Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882 written by Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
