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The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs

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ISBN13: 9780486244082 Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description: Extensive text and 164 historic photographs tell the compelling story of the Canal's construction: dredging, housing, internal government, engineering feats, failures, and final success.

Panama Canal By Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide To Cruising The Panama Canal

By Anne Vipond

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One of the greatest engineering feats ever, the Panama Canal is becoming one of the world's most popular cruise itineraries. Ports of call span the Caribbean and the Mexican Riviera, but the highlight of the cruise is the eight-hour transit of the Canal in which six massive locks raise and lower the ship 85 feet. Read about the monumental construction of the Canal as well as the history, culture, flora and fauna of this tropical region. Detail provided on popular ports, from Florida to California. Over 400 maps and photos most in color. Includes giant color fold out map of Panama Canal

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

By David McCullough

Simon & Schuster
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise.

The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.

Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama.

The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal (Penguin History of American Life)

By Julie Greene

Penguin Press HC, The
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A groundbreaking history of the Panama Canal offers a revelatory workers-eye view of the momentous undertaking and shows how it launched the American century

The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and technology. In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis obscures a far more remarkable element of the canal’s construction—the tens of thousands of workingmen and -women who traveled from around the world to build it. Drawing on research from around the globe, Greene explores the human dimensions of the Panama Canal story, revealing how it transformed perceptions of American empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

For a project that would secure America’s position as a leading player on the world stage, the Panama Canal had controversial beginnings. When President Theodore Roosevelt seized rights to a stretch of Panama soon after the country gained its independence, many Americans saw it as an act of scandalous land-grabbing. Yet Roosevelt believed the canal could profoundly strengthen American military and commercial power while appearing to be a benevolent project for the benefit of the world.

But first it had to be built. From 1904 to 1914, in one of the greatest labor mobilizations ever, working people traveled to Panama from all over the globe—from farms and industrial towns in the United States, sugarcane plantations in the West Indies, and rocky fields in Spain and Italy. When they arrived, they faced harsh and inequitable conditions: labor unions were forbidden, workers were paid differently based on their race and nationality—with the most dangerous jobs falling to West Indians—and anyone not contributing to the project could be deported. Yet Greene reveals how canal workers and their families managed to resist government demands for efficiency at all costs, forcing many officials to revise their policies.

The Canal Builders recounts how the Panama Canal emerged as a positive symbol of American power and became a critical early step towards twentieth-century globalization. Yet by chronicling the contributions of canal workers from all over the world, Julie Greene also reminds us of the human dimensions of a project more commonly remembered for its engineering triumphs.

Portrait of the Panama Canal: From Construction to

By William Friar Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company Paperback (80 pages)	List Price: $17.95^* Lowest New Price: $11.46^* Lowest Used Price: $10.81^* Usually ships in 24 hours^* ^(As of 14:26 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here*
Product Description: Completely revised and updated in time for the Centennial Anniversary of breaking ground for the Panama Canal, this lively collection of historic and contemporary photographs and informative and insightful text dramatically showcases one of the true wonders of the world.

Panama Fever: The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal (Vintage)

By Matthew Parker

Anchor
Released: 2009-03-17
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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.

Global Passage: Transformation of Panama and the Panama Canal

By Robert R. McMillan

BookSurge Publishing
Released: 2009-06-19
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Global Passage: Transformation of Panama and the Panama Canal by former Panama Canal Commission Chairman Robert McMillan is an insider's brilliantly researched book about the past, present and future of Panama and the Panama Canal. The book fully covers the $5.25 billion dollar canal enlargement project, the role of China at the Canal, the positive evolution of democracy in Panama, the challenges from Colombian guerrillas, and the possibility of a competing canal in Nicaragua. “Bob McMillan makes a significant contribution with his insightful chronology of events and personal experiences surrounding Operation Just Cause, the canal transition and U.S.-Panamanian relations. I thoroughly enjoyed it.” --Former Congressman and U.S. Ambassador to Panama, William J. Hughes

Building the Panama Canal: Chronicles from National Geographic (Cultural & Geographical Exploration Series/Chronicles from National Geographic)

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Product Description: Relates the history of how the Panama Canal was planned and built, including the political, economic, and health aspects of getting the project completed.

The Panama Canal: An Engineering Treatise. A Series of Papers Covering in Full Detail the Technical Problems Involved in the Construction of the Panama ... Plants, Etc. Prepared by Engineers and Ot

By George W. Goethals

University of Michigan Library
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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.

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