The canal builders : making America's empire at the Panama Canal / Julie Greene.

Main entry:

Greene, Julie, 1956- author.

Title & Author:

The canal builders : making America's empire at the Panama Canal / Julie Greene.

Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Description:

475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Series:

The Penguin history of American life

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-456) and index.
A modern state in the Tropics -- "As I am a true American" -- Silver lives -- Lay down your shovels -- Progressivism for the world -- The women's empire -- Law and order -- The riots of Cocoa Grove -- Hercules comes home.

Summary:

Draws on letters, memoirs, and government documents to trace the history of the Panama Canal, discussing its constructions, the experiences of workers, and political issues, and including photographs.

ISBN:

9780143116783 (paperback)
0143116789 (paperback)

Subject:

Canals Panama Design and construction History.
Canals Design and construction.
Panama Canal (Panama) History.
Canal Zone History.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) Histoire.
Zone du canal de Panamá Histoire.
Canal Zone.
Panama.
Panama Panama Canal.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Penguin history of American life.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273109
Call No.: BIB 206573
Status: Available

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