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Borderland on the Isthmus : Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone /

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Borderland on the Isthmus: the changing boundaries and frontiers of the Panama Canal Zone
  • Race and identity in the Zone-Panama borderland: Zonians Uber Alles
  • Race and identity in the zone-Panama borderland: West Indians contra todos
  • Desire, sexuality, and gender in the Zone-Panama borderland
  • The U.S. Military: armed guardians of the borderland
  • "Injuring the power system": crime and resistance in the borderland
  • The Zone-Panama borderland and the complexity of U.S. Empire.