The making America's empire at the Panama Canal Greene, Julie 1956- creator text bibliography nyu New York Penguin Press 2009 monographic eng spa

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475 p., [8] p. de pl. : ill. 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 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"--Back cover. 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. Julie Greene. Bibliogr. nccz--- ncpn--- Canaux Panamá Canal de Panamá Conception et construction Histoire Canal de Panamá (Panamá) Histoire Zone du canal de Panamá Histoire Canal de Panamá (Panamá) Historia 114 F 1569 G811c 2009 972.875051 9781594202018 159420201X LVB 080627 20230410143404.0 fre