Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Summary: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 imperial borderland where U.S. power, culture, and ideology were projected and contested. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, Donoghue details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Panamanians respo
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
Panama canal (panama), Social conditions, Race relationsPlaces
Panama Canal (Panama)Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone
2014, Duke University Press
in English
082235666X 9780822356660
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone
2014, Duke University Press
in English
1306738792 9781306738798
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone
2014, Duke University Press
in English
0822356783 9780822356783
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone
2014, Duke University Press
in English
0822376679 9780822376675
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?March 3, 2024 | Edited by laurenbr1 | full text, description |
November 14, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
August 23, 2020 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |