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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Prize Possession: The United States Government and the Panama Ca,
- Narrative Type
- Caribbean & West Indies
- Genre
- N/A
- Topic
- Caribbean & West Indies
- Intended Audience
- N/A
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780521521260
- Subject Area
- Political Science, History
- Publication Name
- Prize Possession : the United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Latin America / Central America
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 23.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521521262
ISBN-13
9780521521260
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2274014
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Prize Possession : the United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979
Subject
United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Latin America / Central America
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
23.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The study is both informative and substantive and as such deserves inclusion on any short list of works dealing with the United States and Panama." Canadian Jrnl of Latin American & Caribbean Studies, "In reviewing this work, one must begin by congratulating John Major and thanking him for his attention to detail and painstaking scholarship. He has labored hard and thoughtfully for his reader. The documentation is so complete and the discussion of issues so thorough that the work takes on the character of a reference book. It is the sort of book one keeps handy on the shelf. It is document-driven and demanding of the reader, but the rewards are high. One acquires a deep understanding of U.S. policy toward the Panama Canal, particularly as it affected the defense of the waterway, the governance of the Canal Zone, and relations with the Republic of Panama." Charles D. Ameringer, The Americas, "John Major has produced a diplomatic historian's history of the United States' Panama Canal policy: meticulously sourced and laden with documentary evidence, this jewel will be the standard on the subject for years to come....Every possible document that is currently available has been used....[and] these many sources are woven into a narrative that is a pleasure to read." Margaret E. Scranton, International History Review
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
327.7/3/07287
Table Of Content
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.
Synopsis
Prize Possession is a history of United States policy towards the Panama Canal, focusing principally on the first two generations of American tenure of the Canal Zone between 1904 and 1955. John Major also provides an extensive look at the nineteenth-century background, the making of the 1903 canal treaty with Panama, the move after 1955 towards the new treaty settlement of 1977, and the crucial significance of the Canal to American policy-makers and their public. The book is based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of US government agencies, namely, the State, War, and Navy Department, 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. As such it makes an important and original contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a subject which has not yet received its due from historians., 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., 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.
LC Classification Number
E183.8.P2 M24 1993
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