Panama Canal, 1917
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Page : 218 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Canals
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Canals
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Author : Michael L. Conniff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 17,50 MB
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110847666X
Provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic developments in Panama from 1980 to the present day.
Author : Michael L. Conniff
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 27,80 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 082034477X
After Panama assumed control of the Panama Canal in 1999, its relations with the United States became those of a friendly neighbor. In this third edition, Michael L. Conniff describes Panama’s experience as owner-operator of one of the world’s premier waterways and the United States’ adjustment to its new, smaller role. He finds that Panama has done extremely well with the canal and economic growth but still struggles to curb corruption, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Historically, Panamanians aspired to have their country become a crossroads of the world, while Americans sought to tame a vast territory and protect their trade and influence around the globe. The building of the Panama Canal (1904–14) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fully. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Conniff considers the full range of factors—political, social, strategic, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual—that have bound the two countries together.
Author : Canal Zone
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Page : 436 pages
File Size : 17,68 MB
Release : 1910
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Author : Noel Maurer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,23 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691248079
An incisive economic and political history of the Panama Canal On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu reveal a more complex story. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, The Big Ditch deftly chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal, from Spain's earliest proposals in 1529 through the final handover of the Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999, to the present day. The authors show that the Canal produced great economic dividends for the first quarter-century following its opening, despite massive cost overruns and delays. Relying on geographical advantage and military might, the United States captured most of these benefits. By the 1970s, however, when the Carter administration negotiated the eventual turnover of the Canal back to Panama, the strategic and economic value of the Canal had disappeared. And yet, contrary to skeptics who believed it was impossible for a fledgling nation plagued by corruption to manage the Canal, when the Panamanians finally had control, they switched the Canal from a public utility to a for-profit corporation, ultimately running it better than their northern patrons. A remarkable tale, The Big Ditch offers vital lessons about the impact of large-scale infrastructure projects, American overseas interventions on institutional development, and the ability of governments to run companies effectively.
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Page : 2710 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Government publications
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Page : 440 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
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Author : George Washington Goethals
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
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Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Page : 2444 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Government publications
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Page : 464 pages
File Size : 35,76 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
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