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This title traces the history of the Panama Canal from the early exploration of Central and South America by the Spanish, through French efforts to build a canal in Panama, to the successful United States completion of the canal in the early twentieth century. Highlighting the people involved in the planning and building of the canal, it examines the many obstacles that had to be overcome - geography, politics, disease - before the canal could be finished. It also discusses the tensions that have existed among local Panamanians protesting the Unites States presence in the Canal Zone, as well as the possible ramifications of the transfer of the canal back to Panama in 1999. <p>Examines the planning, building, and maintenance of the Panama Canal and its current status. </p>

Author

Ann Graham Gaines

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780766012165

Subjects

History, Humanities