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04165aam a2200517 a 4500 001 2B068ED6A4FD11E3BEFCCB81DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140306010030 008 120314s2012 miua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012009231 020 $a 0737763647 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780737763645 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)780415696 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d BWX $d JQM $d OCLCF $d IX2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a ncpn--- $a ncpn--- 050 00 $a F1569.C2 $b B84 2012 082 00 $a 972.87/5 $2 23 245 00 $a Building the Panama Canal / $c Sylvia Engdahl, book editor. 260 $a Detroit : $b Greenhaven Press, $c c2012. 300 $a 210 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Perspectives on modern world history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-203) and index. 520 $a Presents differing viewpoints on the history of, and controversies surrounding, the Panama Canal, and features four personal narratives about its construction and the displacement of natives that resulted from it. 505 0 $a CH 1. Historical Background on the Building of the Panama Canal -- Overview of Building the Panama Canal by Stephanie Watson -- Preparing for Construction of the Canal by Panama Canal Authority -- Deciding on the Design of the Canal by Duncan E. McKinlay -- Women Play an Important Role in the Canal Project by Wenona Marlin -- How Ships Will Navigate the Completed Canal by Joseph Bucklin Bishop and Robert E. Peary -- Expectations of the Influence of the Canal by Elisha Jay Edwards 505 0 $a CH 2. Controversies Surrounding the Building of the Panama Canal -- The Role Played by the United Sates in the Panamanian Revolution Was Ethical by Philippe Bunau-Varilla -- The Role Played by the United States in the Panamanian Revolution Was Not Ethical by Abelardo Aldana -- The Actions of the US President in Acquiring the Canal Zone Were Justifiable by Theodore Roosevelt -- The Actions of the US President in Acquiring the Canal Zone Were Not Justifiable by James T. Du Bois -- The Panama Canal Construction Workers Are Treated Fairly by Robert M. Burnett and John V. Farwell Jr. -- Black Panama Canal Construction Workers Are Not Treated Fairly by David Newton E. Campbell -- Exemption of US Coastwise Shipping from Canal Tolls Is Not Fair to Great Britain by Henry Erle Richards -- Exemption of US Coastwise Shipping from Canal Tolls Is Warranted by Jahrbuch des Volkerrechts -- Repeal of the Law Exempting US Coastwise Shipping from Canal Tolls Was Morally Right by Joseph P. Tumulty -- The Panama Project Was Conducted Less Admirably than the Popular Media Claimed by Chris Rasmussen -- The Panama Canal Project Was a Monument to Optimism and National Pride by Edward Tenner. 505 0 $a CH 3. Personal Narratives -- First Lady Helen Taft Recalls Her Trips to the Panama Canal Zone by Helen Herron Taft -- President Theodore Roosevelt Describes His Impressions of the Canal's Construction by Theodore Roosevelt -- A Popular Author Reports on the Dangerous Job of Cutting Through a Mountain by Hugh C. Weir -- A Canal Zone Policeman Reflects on the Distress of Panamanians Displaced by the New Lake by Harry A. Franck. 500 $a New Book -- March -- 2014 651 0 $a Panama Canal (Panama) $x History. 650 0 $a Canals $z Panama $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Canal Zone $x History. 650 7 $a Canals $x Design and construction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00845237 651 7 $a Canal Zone. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01207252 651 7 $a Panama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205585 651 7 $a Panama $z Panama Canal. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243650 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Engdahl, Sylvia. 830 0 $a Perspectives on modern world history. 941 $a 5 952 $l RVPB135 $d 20191214032847.0 952 $l HYAX325 $d 20180623024256.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307025413.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826060702.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20140306011948.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2B068ED6A4FD11E3BEFCCB81DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search