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Erased, the untold story of the Panama Canal, Marixa Lasso

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Erased, the untold story of the Panama Canal, Marixa Lasso
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-319) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Erased
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1047523658
Responsibility statement
Marixa Lasso
Sub title
the untold story of the Panama Canal
Summary
The untold history of the Panama Canal--from Panama's point of view. Sleuth and scholar, Marixa Lasso has uncovered a long-overlooked story: to build their Canal, Americans displaced 40,000 Panamanians and erased entire cities, only to convince the world they had brought modernity to the tropics.--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Introduction -- The port and the city -- The Canal Zone in 1904 -- A new regime for old zone towns -- A zone without Panamanians -- After the floods -- Lost towns -- The zone's new geography -- Epilogue

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