The canal builders : making America's empire at the Panama Canal / Julie Greene.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2009Description: 475 p. : ill., maps, photographs 25 cmISBN:- 9781594202018
- F 1569.C2 .G83 2009
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American Learning Resource | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | F 1569.C2 .G83 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9ALRC201101319 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [450]-456) and index.
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 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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