Seaway to the future : American social visions and the construction of the Panama Canal /

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The building of the Panama Canal became a powerful symbol in a broader search for order as Americans looked to the modern age with both anxiety and anticipation.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Missal, Alexander
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008.
Collection:Studies in American thought and culture.
Sujets:
Canals > Social aspects > Panama.
Canals > Panama > Design and construction.
Canaux > Aspect social > Panamá.
HISTORY.
Canals > Design and construction
Canals > Social aspects
Social policy
Panama Canal (Panama) > History.
Panama Canal (Panama) > In popular culture.
Panama Canal (Panama) > Social policy.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Histoire.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Dans la culture populaire.
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) > Politique sociale.
Panama
Panama > Panama Canal
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Logistics of expansion : the long road to realization
  • American triumph: explaining the canal project
  • The engineered view: the Panama Canal in pictures
  • Ideal community : the canal zone as an American utopia
  • Celebrating the canal : the Panama-Pacific international exposition.

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