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
Autor principal: Donoghue, Michael E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions
Race relations.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Panama > Panama Canal.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Relations raciales > 20e siecle.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Panama Canal (Panama) > Race relations > 20th century.
Panama Canal (Panama) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 (361 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822376675

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