Download or read book The Canal of Panama and Globalization written by Andrew R. Thomas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between the Panama Canal and the evolution of the global economy. It details the role the Canal played in America’s ascendancy and the development of modern globalization. Then, it explores how the Panamanian people have brought the Panama Canal into the 21st Century, making the nation an ever-bigger player in multi-modal transport and international trade. It concludes with a deep dive into the future of globalization and what it ultimately means for the Canal.
Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Frederic J. Haskin and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction of the Panama Channel was a laborious and difficult undertaking from many perspectives. This book provides the chronicles of the great construction, paying special attention to the technical, political, social, and economic specifics. According to the author, the book aimed to evoke the pride of the American nation in one of the greatest construction works in the history of mankind.
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.
Download or read book The Panama Canal and Its Makers written by Vaughan Cornish and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vaughan Cornish's 'The Panama Canal and its Makers' offers a fascinating look at the history of the iconic canal. While the language is somewhat outdated, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the construction of the canal, including its planning, excavation, and the people who made it all possible. With detailed descriptions of the methods used to excavate the culebra cut and the health conditions faced by workers on the isthmus, this book is a testament to the incredible determination and resilience of the people involved in this monumental project.
Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Duncan E. McKinlay and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Panama Canal" was authored by Duncan E. McKinlay, who visited the canal as a member of the congress with the interstate committee of the house. The book covers the history, construction, and operation of the great Panama canal. An excerpt from the history of the Canal reads as follows "The idea of constructing an artificial waterway between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Panama is as old as the discovery of America. Christopher Columbus, in early life, became converted to the idea that the world was round, and his studies led him to believe that by sailing in a direct course and sailing far enough, he could circumnavigate the globe and come back to the point from which he started, provided he could keep on that straight course..."
Download or read book The Panama Canal written by J. Saxon Mills and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses in depth the importance and history behind the Panama Canal. To the uninitiated, the Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. Colombia, France, and later the United States controlled the territory surrounding the canal during construction. France began work on the canal in 1881, but stopped because of lack of investors' confidence due to engineering problems and a high worker mortality rate. The United States took over the project on May 4, 1904, and opened the canal on August 15, 1914. The US continued to control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal Zone until the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties provided for handover to Panama. After a period of joint American–Panamanian control, the canal was taken over by the Panamanian government in 1999. It is now managed and operated by the government-owned Panama Canal Authority.
Download or read book Esperanza Speaks written by Gloria Rudolf and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esperanza Speaks examines a century-long process of socioeconomic change in rural Panama through the experiences of one woman, Esperanza Ruiz, and four generations of her family. The intimate narrative shows how ordinary people, through their choices and actions, are affected by and, in turn, can affect how history unfolds. Readers see Esperanza’s family as both victims and protagonists in their own histories. Born into rural poverty with limited options, they still find small openings to try to improve their lives. Sometimes successful, sometimes not, they survive by drawing on their only abundant resource: each other. Based on twenty field visits over the course of fifty years, Esperanza Speaks is the result of a dedicated anthropologist’s long-term engagement with the individuals of a single community, and a beautiful example of ethnographic storytelling.
Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Harmodio Arias Madrid and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Harmodio Arias Madrid and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed examination of the political and legal issues surrounding the construction of the Panama Canal. Madrid, a former President of Panama, offers a unique perspective on the history of the Canal, from the French attempt to build it in the 19th century to the American takeover and eventual transfer to Panama in 1999. The book explores questions of sovereignty, diplomacy, and the relationship between industrialized and developing nations. An in-depth look at one of the most important engineering feats of the 20th century. 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 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. 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.
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.
Download or read book The Panama Canal in Peace and War written by Norman Judson Padelford and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the Panama Canal, its workings and importance, from the beginning of its history to the present place in the national defense.
Download or read book The Financial and Commercial Impact of the Panama Canal Treaty written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The International Significance of the Panama Canal with Special Reference to the United States written by James Edward Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Panama written by Michael L. Conniff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic developments in Panama from 1980 to the present day.
Download or read book Global Passage written by Robert R. McMillan and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Passage covers Panama from the Spanish gold seekers through the French failure and the United States success in constructing the Canal, along with the current efforts to enlarge the Canal.
Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Luis Luna Herrera and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Searching For Panama written by Mark Falcoff and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
