Download or read book The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal written by Marixa Lasso and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold history of the Panama Canal--from Panama's point of view. Sleuth and scholar, Marixa Lasso has uncovered a long-overlooked story: to build their Canal, Americans displaced 40,000 Panamanians and erased entire cities, only to convince the world they had brought modernity to the tropics.--

Download or read book Panama and the United States written by Michael L. Conniff and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Panama assumed control of the Panama Canal in 1999, its relations with the United States became those of a friendly neighbor. In this third edition, Michael L. Conniff describes Panama’s experience as owner-operator of one of the world’s premier waterways and the United States’ adjustment to its new, smaller role. He finds that Panama has done extremely well with the canal and economic growth but still struggles to curb corruption, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Historically, Panamanians aspired to have their country become a crossroads of the world, while Americans sought to tame a vast territory and protect their trade and influence around the globe. The building of the Panama Canal (1904–14) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fully. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Conniff considers the full range of factors—political, social, strategic, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual—that have bound the two countries together.

Download or read book The Big Ditch written by Noel Maurer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 439 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 An Army s Enterprise written by Jon T. Hoffman and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pamphlet describes the critical role of Army officers who defied the odds and saw this immense project through to completion. They included Col. William C. Gorgas, who supervised the medical effort that saved countless lives and made it possible for the labor force to do its job; Col. George W. Goethals, who oversaw the final design of the canal and its construction and, equally important, motivated his workers to complete the herculean task ahead of schedule; and many other officers who headed up the project’s subordinate construction commands and rebuilt the Panama railroad, a key component of the venture. In just seven years, these soldiers, thousands of fellow Americans, and tens of thousands of workers from around the world turned the dream of an isthmian canal into reality. Their success immediately ranked among the greatest peacetime feats of the Army and the nation, and it remains so to this day.

Download or read book Panama and the United States written by Michael L. Conniff and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Panama assumed control of the Panama Canal in 1999, its relations with the United States became those of a friendly neighbor. In this third edition, Michael L. Conniff describes Panama’s experience as owner-operator of one of the world’s premier waterways and the United States’ adjustment to its new, smaller role. He finds that Panama has done extremely well with the canal and economic growth but still struggles to curb corruption, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Historically, Panamanians aspired to have their country become a crossroads of the world, while Americans sought to tame a vast territory and protect their trade and influence around the globe. The building of the Panama Canal (1904–14) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fully. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Conniff considers the full range of factors—political, social, strategic, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual—that have bound the two countries together.

Download or read book Panama Canal Problems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 88-6. Considers legislation to require Panama Canal Co. to obtain congressional approval for discontinuance of activities provided for in budget or for transfer of real property to anyone other than the Federal Government.

Download or read book The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs written by Ulrich Keller and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale of an unprecedented technological advance unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs depict exotic settings, workers' housing, dredging operations, much more.

Download or read book Panama Canal written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interoceanic Canals and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch written by Adam Clymer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable and revealing tale, noted journalist Clymer shows how the decision to give up the Panama Canal stirred emotions already rubbed raw by the loss of the Vietnam War and shaped American politics for years.

Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Walter LaFeber and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly updated edition of Walter LaFeber's widely praised study of the evolution of U.S.-Panama relations contains two new chapters on the events that have occurred since the Panama Canal Treaty in 1978.This new edition offers particularly detailed examinations of the 1988 attempt to oust Manuel Noriega and Noriega's role in aiding the Nicaraguan Contras, as well as invaluable background information for understanding the 1989 crises. LaFeber argues that the interdependent, but turbulent, relationship between Panama and the United States continued into the 1980s with the U.S. using General Manuel Antonio Noriega to overthrow the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. U.S. officials in the Reagan administration also subordinated widespread knowledge of Noriega's drug trafficking in order to keep Panama in line with the U.S. policy towards Nicaragua. But by 1986, the United States both knew and demanded too much of Noriega, and the relationship finally began to fragment. LaFeber's updated volume remains the essential source for anyone who wants a complete picture of U.S.-Panama relations from Balboa to the present.

Download or read book Changes in the Administration of the Panama Canal Company written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Study of the Operations of the Panama Line written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses Panama Line's role in the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, and the potential economic impact of its discontinuation. Includes "Bureau of the Budget Panama Line Study," Aug. 25, 1959 (p. 311-543) and "Panama Canal Company Analysis of the Study by Drake, Starzman, Sheahan, and Barclay of the Panama Line," Nov. 19, 1959 (p. 547-736).

Download or read book Panama Canal written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interoceanic Canals and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Diplomatic History of the Panama Canal written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Transfer Under Panama Treaty written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to require Panama Canal Co. and Canal Zone Government to convey Paitilla Point land located outside Canal Zone to Panama and to increase Panama Canal Co. annual payments to Panama.

Download or read book United States Panama and the Panama Canal written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Panama Fever written by Matthew Parker and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-03-17 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.