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Author | : Panama Canal Museum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING |
ISBN | : 9781683400080 |
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When the United States took on the building of the Panama Canal in 1904, workers were faced with extremely difficult living conditions. The tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever plagued them just as they had the earlier French effort. The housing stock left behind by the French was dilapidated and inadequate. About a hundred sets of beautifully drafted architectural plans left by the French came in handy for locating drains, etc., as the Americans made repairs to existing buildings. Some workers found insect ridden rooms in adjacent towns while others lived in tents or thatched huts near construction sites. Not wanting to endanger the lives of their families, most men left their wives and children behind. What started out as a cesspool of disease and loneliness eventually emerged as a little piece of paradise for its Canal Zone residents. This book tells some of the stories of the various townsites scattered along the fifty miles of the Panama Canal Zone between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. It also shares the fond memories of a few of its residents whose hometowns have changed since the Panama Canal was turned over to Panama on December 31, 1999, and the Canal Zone as they knew it was no more.
Author | : Marixa Lasso |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 067423975X |
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Cutting a path from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Panama Canal set a new course for the development of Central America—but at considerable cost to Panamanians. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal’s American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics.
Author | : Edith Crouch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780764346118 |
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The civic and residential architectural structures, spanning the early decades of the 1900s through the 1960s, that defined America's presence in the Panama Canal Zone are examined. Through over 1000 images and detailed text, explore the major civic architectural achievements, including the Beaux Arts styles Administration Building and Prado, Gorgas Hospital, Balboa School, YMCA, Union Church, and the Panama Railway Station. Residential architecture is also looked at, including the re-purposing of the French structures that remained from France's efforts to construct a sea level canal, and the permanent concrete block, mid-century houses built for employees and their families. An array of renowned American architects and architectural practices created these civic and residential structures, including James Renwick, Jr., Austin W. Lord, Bertram Goodhue, Delano & Aldrich, Edward Durell Stone, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. This book is a great resource for architecture and history lovers.
Author | : Marixa Lasso |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2019-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674984447 |
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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.--
Author | : John Saxon Mills |
Publisher | : London : Thomas Nelson and Sons |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Americans |
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Author | : Willis John Abbot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Canals, Interoceanic |
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Author | : Ira E. Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1166 |
Release | : 1915 |
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Author | : Ira Elbert Bennett |
Publisher | : Washington, D.C. : Historical Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 754 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Buccaneers |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Panama Canal (Panama) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Panama Canal (Panama) |
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Author | : Vaughan Cornish |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Panama Canal (Panama) |
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