| Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part42.utf8:12294911:2340 |
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050 00 $aF1607$b.S46 2014
082 04 $a972.9/04$223
100 1 $aSenior, Olive.
245 10 $aDying to better themselves :$bWest Indians and the building of the Panama Canal /$cOlive Senior.
264 1 $aKingston, Jamaica :$bThe University of the West Indies Press,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axxiii, 416 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 393-402) and index.
505 0 $a"To shrink the world by half" -- Part. 1. The Panama Railroad -- The Panama Railroad, 1849-1855 -- Part 2. The French canal -- The French canal, 1881-1904 -- Part 3. The US construction of the Panama Canal, 1904-1914 -- Who went, how and why -- What they endured, 1904-1907 -- The work they did there, 1904-1914 -- The lives they lived, 1904-1914 -- How they loved, laughed and prayed -- Part 4. The Post-construction years and the return home -- Life in Panama after construction ended -- What they brought back home.
610 20 $aPanama Railroad Co.$xHistory.
651 0 $aPanama Canal (Panama)$xHistory.
650 0 $aMigrant labor$zLatin America.
650 0 $aMigrant labor$zWest Indies.
650 0 $aWest Indians$zPanama$xHistory.
610 24 $aPanama Railroad Co.
610 27 $aPanama Railroad Co.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00564197
650 7 $aMigrant labor.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01020711
650 7 $aWest Indians.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01173950
651 7 $aLatin America.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01245945
651 7 $aPanama.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205585
651 7 $aPanama$zPanama Canal.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01243650
651 7 $aWest Indies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01243265
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
710 2 $aUniversity of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica).$bPress.