The Lost Towns Of The Panama Canal
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Erased
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Author : Marixa Lasso
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-25
Erased written by Marixa Lasso and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-25 with History categories.
Cutting a path from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Panama Canal set a new course for the development of Central America—but at considerable cost to Panamanians. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal’s American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics.
The Lost Towns Of The Panama Canal
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Author : Marixa Lasso
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-02-25
The Lost Towns Of The Panama Canal written by Marixa Lasso and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-25 with History categories.
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.--
Panama And The Canal In Picture And Prose
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Author : Willis John Abbott
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-13
Panama And The Canal In Picture And Prose written by Willis John Abbott and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-13 with Fiction categories.
This book is intended to provide readers with information about the Panama Canal, an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. It was first opened in 1914. This book provides a thorough account of the canal's history and details of its construction, with pictures included.
Panama Canal Townsites
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Author : Panama Canal Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Panama Canal Townsites written by Panama Canal Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING categories.
When the United States took on the building of the Panama Canal in 1904, workers were faced with extremely difficult living conditions. The tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever plagued them just as they had the earlier French effort. The housing stock left behind by the French was dilapidated and inadequate. About a hundred sets of beautifully drafted architectural plans left by the French came in handy for locating drains, etc., as the Americans made repairs to existing buildings. Some workers found insect ridden rooms in adjacent towns while others lived in tents or thatched huts near construction sites. Not wanting to endanger the lives of their families, most men left their wives and children behind. What started out as a cesspool of disease and loneliness eventually emerged as a little piece of paradise for its Canal Zone residents. This book tells some of the stories of the various townsites scattered along the fifty miles of the Panama Canal Zone between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. It also shares the fond memories of a few of its residents whose hometowns have changed since the Panama Canal was turned over to Panama on December 31, 1999, and the Canal Zone as they knew it was no more.
A Trip Panama Canal
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Author : Avery & Garrison, New Orleans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
A Trip Panama Canal written by Avery & Garrison, New Orleans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Panama categories.
The Panama Canal
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Author : William H. Burr
language : en
Publisher: Editions Le Mono
Release Date : 2016-10-19
The Panama Canal written by William H. Burr and has been published by Editions Le Mono this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-19 with History categories.
The Panama route as a line of transit across the isthmus was established, as near as can be determined, between 1517 and 1520. The first settlement, at the site of the town of old Panama, six or seven miles easterly of the present city of that name, was begun in August, 1517. This was the Pacific end of the line. The Atlantic end was finally established in 1519 at Nombre de Dios, the more easterly port of Acla, where Balboa was tried and executed, having first been selected but subsequently rejected. The old town of Panama was made a city by royal decree from the throne of Spain in September, 1521. At the same time it was given a coat of arms and special privileges were conferred upon it. The course of travel then established ran by a road well known at the present time through a small place called Cruces on the River Chagres, about seventeen miles distant from Panama. It must have been an excellent road for those days. Bridges were even laid across streams and the surface was paved, although probably rather crudely. According to some accounts it was only wide enough for use by beasts of burden, but some have stated that it was wide enough to enable two carts to pass each other. The harbor of the Atlantic terminus at Nombre de Dios did not prove entirely satisfactory and Porto Bello, westerly of the former point, was made the Atlantic port in 1597 for this Isthmian line of transit. The harbor of Porto Bello is excellent and the location was more healthful, yet Porto Bello itself was subsequently abandoned, largely on account of its unhealthiness...
Panama Past And Present
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Author : Farnham Bishop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
Panama Past And Present written by Farnham Bishop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Panama categories.
Hell S Gorge
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Author : Matthew Parker
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-02-28
Hell S Gorge written by Matthew Parker and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-28 with History categories.
2014 is the 100-year-anniversary of the panama canal: one of the most extraordinary engineering feats in world history. Hell's Gorge traces a heroic dream that spanned four centuries: to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.The human cost was immense: in appalling working conditions and amid epidemics of fever, tens of thousands perished fighting the jungle, swamps and mountains of Panama, a scale of attrition comparable to many great battles. Matthew Parker explores the fierce geo-political struggle behind the heroic vision of the canal, and the immense engineering and medical battles that were fought. But he also weaves in the stories of the ordinary men and women who worked on the canal, to evoke everyday life on the construction and depict the battle on the ground deep in 'Hell's Gorge'. Using diaries, memoirs, contemporary newspapers and previously unseen private letters, he draws a vivid picture of the heart-breaking struggle on the Isthmus, in particular that of the British West Indians who made up the majority of the canal workforce. Hell's Gorge is a tale of politics, finance, press manipulation, scandal and intrigue, populated by a dazzling cast of idealists and bullies, heroes and conmen. But it is also a moving tribute to the 'Forgotten Silvermen', so many of whom died to fulfil the centuries-old canal dream.
The Panama Canal
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Author : J. Saxon Mills
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-10
The Panama Canal written by J. Saxon Mills and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-10 with Fiction categories.
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.
Who Started The Panama Canal And Its Railroad
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Author : Charles Edward Alleyne MacGeachy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
Who Started The Panama Canal And Its Railroad written by Charles Edward Alleyne MacGeachy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with Panama Canal (Panama) categories.