Borderland on the isthmus : race, culture, and the struggle for the canal zone /

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The construction, maintenance, and defense of the Panama Canal brought Panamanians, U.S. soldiers and civilians, West Indians, Asians, and Latin Americans into close, even intimate, contact. In this lively and provocative social history, Michael E. Donoghue positions the Panama Canal Zone as an impe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donoghue, Michael E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:American encounters/global interactions.
Temas:
1900-1999
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
Race relations.
Social conditions
Panama Canal (Panama) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Panama Canal (Panama) > Race relations > 20th century.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Relations raciales > 20e siècle.
Panama > Panama Canal.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The construction, maintenance, and defense of the Panama Canal brought Panamanians, U.S. soldiers and civilians, West Indians, Asians, and Latin Americans into close, even intimate, contact. In this lively and provocative social history, Michael E. Donoghue positions the Panama Canal Zone as an imperial borderland where U.S. power, culture, and ideology were projected and contested. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, Donoghue details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Panamanians respo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822376675
0822376679
9781306738798
1306738792

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