Path of Empire : Panama and the California Gold Rush /

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Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California by way of Panama during the California Gold Rush. Decades before the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, this slender spit of land abruptly became the linchpin of the fastest r...

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Autor principal: McGuinness, Aims, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Goldrausch.
Aussenpolitik
Goldrausch
Gold mines and mining.
Diplomatic relations.
Americans.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Watermelon Riot, Colón, Panama, 1856.
Americans > Panama > History > 19th century.
USA.
Panama
Kalifornien
United States.
Panama > Colón.
Panama.
California.
Californie > Decouvertes d'or.
Californie > Histoire > 1846-1850.
Panamá > Histoire > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Panamá.
California > Gold discoveries.
California > History > 1846-1850.
Panama > History > 19th century.
Panama > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Panama.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude : April 15, 1856
  • Introduction : in the archive of loose leaves
  • California in Panama
  • The Panama railroad and the conquest of the Gold Rush
  • Sovereignty on the isthmus
  • "We are not in the United States here"
  • U.S. empire and the boundaries of Latin America
  • Conclusion : conversations in the Museum of History
  • Coda : with dust in our eyes.

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