The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal

The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal
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Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9780674984448
ISBN-13 : 0674984447
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Book Synopsis The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal by : Marixa Lasso

Download or read book The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal written by Marixa Lasso and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold history of the Panama Canal--from Panama's point of view. Sleuth and scholar, Marixa Lasso has uncovered a long-overlooked story: to build their Canal, Americans displaced 40,000 Panamanians and erased entire cities, only to convince the world they had brought modernity to the tropics.--


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