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Building the Panama Canal, Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-203) and index

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Building the Panama Canal

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Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

Perspectives on modern world history

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

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 EdwardsCH 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 TennerCH 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