The canal builders : making America's empire at the Panama Canal / Julie Greene.
2009
F1569.C2 G66 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The canal builders : making America's empire at the Panama Canal / Julie Greene.
Author
Greene, Julie, 1956-
ISBN
9781594202018
159420201X
159420201X
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
475 p. : ill., maps, photographs ; 25 cm.
Call Number
F1569.C2 G66 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
972.87/5051
Summary
A history of the Panama Canal told from the perspectives of its construction workers discusses Theodore Roosevelt's unpopular vision for Panama, the extensive resources that went into its building, and its role as a symbol of American power.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Penguin history of American life.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: President Roosevelt's steam shovel
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.
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.