The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal

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The Big Ditch Princeton University Press Princeton & Oxford Copyright © 2011 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW press.princeton.edu All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maurer, Noel. The big ditch : how America took, built, ran, and ultimately gave away the Panama Canal / Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-14738-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Panama Canal (Panama)— History. 2. United States—Foreign relations—Panama. 3. Panama—Foreign relations—United States. 4. Imperialism—Economic aspects. I. Yu, Carlos, 1970– II. Title. F1569.C2M157 2011 386'.44—dc22 2010029058 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Din Pro and Warnock Pro Printed on acid-free paper. b Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 ...