Prize Possession - The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979

Klappentext Prize Possession is a comprehensive history of U.S. policy toward the Panama Canal between 1903 and 1979, focusing on five key themes: the Canal's defense and its place in American strategy; the Zone's autocratic system of government; its strictly segregated labor force; its commercial development at the expense of Panama; and the equally controversial issue of U.S. intervention in Panamanian politics. The book is based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of U.S. government agencies, namely the State, War, and Navy Departments, and the Canal Zone administration, as well as on the papers of notable dramatis personae such as Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Philippe Bunau-Varilla. Zusammenfassung Based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of US government agencies! namely! the States! War! and Navy Departments and the Canal Zone administration! this is a comprehensive history of US policy towards the Panama Canal. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Prelude: 1826-1904: 1. The quest for an American canal, 1826-1903; 2. 'I took the isthmus', 1903-4; Part II. Beginnings: 1904-29: 3. The zone régime; 4. The labour force; 5. The Commissary; 6. The protectorate; 7. Canal defence; Part III. Transitions: 1930-55: 8. The zone régime; 9. The labour force; 10. The commissary; 11. Partnership politics; 12. Canal defence; Part IV. Recessional: 1956-79: 13. 'Mandate from civilization'?, Map of the Canal Zone; Appendices; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: John Major, John (University of Hull) Major, Major John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2003
• EAN: 9780521521260
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52126-0
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Panama, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas