Title Seaway to the future : American social visions and the construction of the Panama Canal / Alexander Missal

Published Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in American thought and culture Studies in American thought and culture. Contents Logistics of expansion : the long road to realization -- American triumph: explaining the canal project -- The engineered view: the Panama Canal in pictures -- Ideal community : the canal zone as an American utopia -- Celebrating the canal : the Panama-Pacific international exposition Summary The building of the Panama Canal became a powerful symbol in a broader search for order as Americans looked to the modern age with both anxiety and anticipation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-259) and index Notes Print version record Subject Canals -- Social aspects -- Panama Canals -- Panama -- Design and construction HISTORY. Canals -- Design and construction Canals -- Social aspects Social policy SUBJECT Panama Canal (Panama) -- History Panama Canal (Panama) -- In popular culture Panama Canal (Panama) -- Social policy Subject Panama Panama -- Panama Canal Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780299229436 0299229432 0299229408 9780299229405

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