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100 1 _aCarse, Ashley.
245 1 0 _aBeyond the Big Ditch :
_bPolitics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bMIT Press,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a1 online resource (315 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aInfrastructures Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aA historical and ethnographic study of the conflict between global transportation and rural development as the two intersect at the Panama Canal.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPanama Canal (Panama)-Design and construction.
650 0 _aPanama Canal (Panama)-Social conditions.
650 0 _aPanama Canal (Panama)-Environmental aspects.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aCarse, Ashley
_tBeyond the Big Ditch
_dCambridge : MIT Press,c2014
_z9780262028110
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aInfrastructures Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3339896
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