Beyond the Big Ditch : Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal.
Carse, Ashley.
Beyond the Big Ditch : Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (315 pages) - Infrastructures Series . - Infrastructures Series .
Intro -- Infrastructures Series List -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Machete and the Freighter -- Part I: Headwaters -- 2 Monte -- 3 Making the Panama Canal Watershed -- 4 Frank Robinson's Map -- Part II: Floodplains -- 5 Life along the River (Miocene-1903) -- 6 Canal Construction and the Politics of Water -- 7 Pueblos Perdidos, or How the Lake Ate the River -- 8 The Agricultural Possibilities of the Canal Zone -- Part III: The Interior -- 9 Getting Across and Getting Around -- 10 The World United, Panama Divided -- 11 The Conquest of the Jungle -- Part IV: Backwaters -- 12 Weeds -- 13 A Demanding Environment -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A historical and ethnographic study of the conflict between global transportation and rural development as the two intersect at the Panama Canal.
9780262320467
Panama Canal (Panama)-Design and construction.
Panama Canal (Panama)-Social conditions.
Panama Canal (Panama)-Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
972.87/505
Beyond the Big Ditch : Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (315 pages) - Infrastructures Series . - Infrastructures Series .
Intro -- Infrastructures Series List -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Machete and the Freighter -- Part I: Headwaters -- 2 Monte -- 3 Making the Panama Canal Watershed -- 4 Frank Robinson's Map -- Part II: Floodplains -- 5 Life along the River (Miocene-1903) -- 6 Canal Construction and the Politics of Water -- 7 Pueblos Perdidos, or How the Lake Ate the River -- 8 The Agricultural Possibilities of the Canal Zone -- Part III: The Interior -- 9 Getting Across and Getting Around -- 10 The World United, Panama Divided -- 11 The Conquest of the Jungle -- Part IV: Backwaters -- 12 Weeds -- 13 A Demanding Environment -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A historical and ethnographic study of the conflict between global transportation and rural development as the two intersect at the Panama Canal.
9780262320467
Panama Canal (Panama)-Design and construction.
Panama Canal (Panama)-Social conditions.
Panama Canal (Panama)-Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
972.87/505