| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes articles from the Atlantic monthly and Harper's magazine. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. |
| Contents |
A trip on the Panama Railroad -- Panama Railroad -- Darien Exploring Expedition, under command of Lieut. Isaac C. Strain -- Nicaragua : an exploration from ocean to ocean -- The new route through Chiriqui -- The secret of the strait -- Tehuantepec and the Eads Ship Railway -- Short cuts across the globe -- Projects for an isthmian canal -- The trans-isthmian canal problem -- The best isthmian canal -- The tropical renaissance -- The isthmus canal and American control -- Latin and Saxon America -- The diplomacy and law of the isthmian canals -- The strategic features of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea -- Non-intervention and the Monroe Doctrine -- The right and wrong of the Monroe Doctrine. |
| Summary |
Marking the centennial of Panama's separation from Colombia in 1903, this volume reprises U.S. images of the isthmus a century ago. The editors have collected a fascinating selection of articles from two of the most influential publications of the era, Harper's Monthly Magazine and the Atlantic Monthly, to illustrate the prejudices and expansionistic rhetoric of the time. An eclectic mix of adventure-seekers, naturalists, and scholars all helped a reading public in the United States ""discover"" Panama. Their writings show how Americans came to believe control of the isthmus was vital to their. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Panama Canal (Panama) -- History -- Sources.
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Panama -- History -- Sources.
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Panama. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Subject |
Panama -- Relations -- United States -- Sources.
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Relations. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Relations -- Panama -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
LaRosa, Michael (Michael J.)
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Mejía, Germán R., 1954-
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| Added Title |
Atlantic monthly.
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Harper's magazine.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: United States discovers Panama. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2004 0742527212 (DLC) 2003018046 (OCoLC)52858399 |
| ISBN |
9781461645979 (electronic book) |
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1461645972 (electronic book) |
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0742527212 |
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9780742527218 |
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0742527220 |
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9780742527225 |
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