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008			080627s2009 nyumbo b a001 0 eng
020			_a9781594202018
035			_a(AEA)BCD6B01B8F994AF4B433B47E9531CB07
050			_aF 1569.C2 _b.G83 2009
100			_aGreene, Julie, _d-1956 _9110427
245		4	_aThe canal builders : _bmaking America's empire at the Panama Canal / _cJulie Greene.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2009
300			_a475 p. : _bill., maps, photographs _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [450]-456) and index.
505			_aPrologue: 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.
520			_aA 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.
650			_aCanals _zPanama _9110428
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