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The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the American Century. Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those who built the canal vividly to life. Politicians engaged in high-stakes diplomacy in order to influence its construction. Meanwhile, engineers and workers from around the world rushed to take advantage of high wages and the chance to be a part of history. Filled with remarkable characters, Panama Fever is an epic history that shows how a small, fiercely contested strip of land made the world a smaller place and launched the era of American global dominance.;Part one -- The golden isthmus: The keys to the universe -- Rivalry and stalemate -- Gold rush -- A natural culminating point -- The competing routes. Part two -- Le grand Francais -- The fatal decision -- The riches of France -- Travail commence -- Fever -- Jules Dingler -- Annus horribilis -- Collapse and scandal. Part three -- The American triumph: Heroes and Villains- the Battle of the Routes -- I took the Isthmus -- Make the dirt fly -- Yellow Jack -- Restart -- The railroad era -- The digging machine -- Segregation -- The army of Panama -- Hells Gorge -- Lord how piercing! -- The land divided, the world united -- Whose canal is it, anyway?

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Acclaim for Matthew Parkers Well-told A clear and readable account of a - photo 1
Acclaim for Matthew Parker's

Well-told A clear and readable account of a tremendous story The Seattle - photo 2

Well-told A clear and readable account of a tremendous story.

The Seattle Times

Engrossing, sometimes alarming The characters colorful and unexpected.

The Star-Ledger (Newark)

A readable, almost plain, yet thoroughly amazing account.

New York Post

A fascinating account highly readable and enjoyable.

San Jose Mercury News

[A] monumental, assiduously researched work A gripping narrative that never lets go of your lapels Panoramic in its geographic, scientific and political scope, and focusing closely on the sensitive social and labor issues, Panama Fever is a marvelously comprehensive work about an epic engineering triumph.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Parker fluidly narrates the frustrations of the French effort that ended in failure Parker achieves a fine history, complete in both technological and human dimensions.

Booklist

[An] engrossing narrative. A well-researched and satisfying account of imperial vision and social inequity.

Publishers Weekly, starred review

Also by Matthew Parker

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Matthew Parker Matthew Parker is the author of The Battle of Britain and - photo 3

Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker is the author of The Battle of Britain and Monte Cassino He - photo 4

Matthew Parker is the author of The Battle of Britain
and Monte Cassino. He lives in London.

www.matthewparker.co.uk

In loving memory of Roger Durman CONTENTS - photo 5

In loving memory of Roger Durman

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

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CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE Travail Commenc

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Insert One

Vasco Nez de Balboa (from History of the Panama Canal by Ira E. Bennett, Washington, 1915)

William Paterson (Mary Evans Picture Library)

Mapping the route for the Panama Railroad (Mary Evans Picture Library)

Members of the American Selfridge expedition (from The Land Di-videdby Gerstle Mack, New York, 1944)

Armand Reclus (from Panama: Armand Reclus et le Canal des Deux Ocans by Grard Fauconnier, Paris, 2004)

Ferdinand de Lesseps cartoon (Plon/Perrin)

Ferdinand de Lesseps with family (Getty Images)

Triumphal arch (Getty Images)

Charles de Lesseps (from Panama: The Creation, Destruction, and Resurrection by Philippe Bunau-Varilla, New York, 1914)

Coln Harbor (from Panama and the Canal in Pictures and Prose by J. Willis Abbot, New York and London, 1913)

The beginning of the big ditch (from The Panama Canal [Building History Series] by Tim McNeese, Chicago, 1997)

Jules Dingler (from Panama: The Creation, Destruction, and Resurrection by Philippe Bunau-Varilla, New York, 1914)

The execution of Pedro Prestan (Panama Canal Company)

A French ladder excavator (Corbis)

Philippe Bunau-Varilla (from Panama: The Creation, Destruction, andResurrection by Philippe Bunau-Varilla, New York, 1914)

Bottle Alley in Coln (from Panama and the Canal in Pictures and Prose by J. Willis Abbot, New York and London, 1913)

Huerne, Slaven & Co. dredges at work (from From Cadiz to Cathay by Miles Duval, Stanford, 1940)

Works in the Culebra Cut (from Panama: The Creation, Destruction, andResurrection by Philippe Bunau-Varilla, New York, 1914)

Canal Company trial cartoon (by Ppin in Grelot, November 1892)

Wreckage from the French era (Getty Images)

Panama Revolution cartoon (from P. Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography by Henry F Pringle, New York, 1931)

William Nelson Cromwell (Corbis)

General Esteban Huertas (from From Cadiz to Cathay by Miles Duval, Stanford, 1940)


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A steamer carrying laborers from Barbados (Getty Images)

An ICC-run mess kitchen for West Indian workers (from History of the Panama Canal by Ira E. Bennett, Washington, 1915)

Fumigation squad (from The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich Keller, New York, 1983)

Doctor William Gorgas (Corbis)

Cemetery on the western slope of Ancn Hill (from Panama and the Canal in Pictures and Prose by J. Willis Abbot, New York and London, 1913)

John Stevens (Corbis)

Spreader at work (from Panama and What It Means by John Foster Fraser, London, 1913)

Theodore Roosevelt (Getty Images)

West Indian wedding party (from The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich Keller, New York, 1983)

Commissary store (from The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich Keller, New York, 1983)

Claude Mallet (from the private collection of Mrs. Primrose Mallet-Harris)

Spanish track workers (from The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich Keller, New York, 1983)

Steam shovels at work (from The Strength to Move a Mountain by W. S. Lee, New York, 1958)

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