The United States discovers Panama : the writings of soldiers, scholars, scientists, and scoundrels, 1850-1905 / / edited by Michael LaRosa and German R. Mejia.
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 311 p. :; ill., maps. |
| Notes: | Includes articles from the Atlantic monthly and Harper's magazine. |
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Table of Contents:
- A trip on the Panama Railroad
- Panama Railroad
- Darien Exploring Expedition, under command of Lieut. Isaac C. Strain
- Nicaragua : an exploration from ocean to ocean
- The new route through Chiriqui
- The secret of the strait
- Tehuantepec and the Eads Ship Railway
- Short cuts across the globe
- Projects for an isthmian canal
- The trans-isthmian canal problem
- The best isthmian canal
- The tropical renaissance
- The isthmus canal and American control
- Latin and Saxon America
- The diplomacy and law of the isthmian canals
- The strategic features of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
- Non-intervention and the Monroe Doctrine
- The right and wrong of the Monroe Doctrine.