Dying to better themselves [Texte imprimé]: : West Indians and the building of the Panama Canal / Olive Senior.

Senior, Olive.

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Titre

Dying to better themselves [Texte imprimé]: : West Indians and the building of the Panama Canal / Olive Senior.

Auteur

Senior, Olive.

Description matérielle

xxiii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

ISBN

2014507844

9789766404574 (pbk.)

9766404577 (pbk.)

Sujets

Panama railroad company

Travailleurs migrants -- Amérique latine

Panama, Canal de (Panama) -- Histoire

Panama -- Histoire

Collaboration

University of the West Indies publishers' association

ISBN

2014507844

9789766404574 (pbk.)

9766404577 (pbk.)

Note

"To shrink the world by half" -- Part. 1. The Panama Railroad -- The Panama Railroad, 1849-1855 -- Part 2. The French canal -- The French canal, 1881-1904 -- Part 3. The US construction of the Panama Canal, 1904-1914 -- Who went, how and why -- What they endured, 1904-1907 -- The work they did there, 1904-1914 -- The lives they lived, 1904-1914 -- How they loved, laughed and prayed -- Part 4. The Post-construction years and the return home -- Life in Panama after construction ended -- What they brought back home.