Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone
Michael E. Donoghue
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Hardback. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, this title details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 photographs, 1 table, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
The construction, maintenance, and defense of the Panama Canal brought Panamanians, U.S. soldiers and civilians, West Indians, Asians, and Latin Americans into close, even intimate, contact. In this lively and provocative social history, Michael E. Donoghue positions the Panama Canal Zone as an imperial borderland where U.S. power, culture, and ideology were projected and contested. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, Donoghue details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Panamanians responded to U.S. occupation with proclamations, protests, and everyday forms of resistance and acquiescence. Although ... Read more
The construction, maintenance, and defense of the Panama Canal brought Panamanians, U.S. soldiers and civilians, West Indians, Asians, and Latin Americans into close, even intimate, contact. In this lively and provocative social history, Michael E. Donoghue positions the Panama Canal Zone as an imperial borderland where U.S. power, culture, and ideology were projected and contested. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, Donoghue details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Panamanians responded to U.S. occupation with proclamations, protests, and everyday forms of resistance and acquiescence. Although ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822356660
SKU
V9780822356660
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About Michael E. Donoghue
Michael E. Donoghue is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University.
Reviews for Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone
"Donoghue’s social history of the Canal Zone is an indispensable source for our understanding of the good, bad, and ugly of this experiment in a (perhaps) American empire."
Russel Crandall
American Historical Review
"In this fascinating social history, Michael E. Donoghue breaks new ground by exploring not just a single group in the Panama Canal Zone, but ... Read more
Russel Crandall
American Historical Review
"In this fascinating social history, Michael E. Donoghue breaks new ground by exploring not just a single group in the Panama Canal Zone, but ... Read more