
The Canal Builders
Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal
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Narrated by:
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Karen White
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Written by:
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Julie Greene
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For a project that would secure America's position as a leading player on the world stage, the Panama Canal had controversial beginnings. When President Theodore Roosevelt seized rights to a stretch of Panama soon after the country gained its independence, many Americans saw it as an act of scandalous land-grabbing. Yet Roosevelt believed the canal could profoundly strengthen American military and commercial power while appearing to be a benevolent project for the benefit of the world. But first it had to be built. From 1904 to 1914, in one of the greatest labor mobilizations ever, working people traveled to Panama from all over the globe - from farms and industrial towns in the United States, sugarcane plantations in the West Indies, and rocky fields in Spain and Italy. When they arrived, they faced harsh and inequitable conditions: labor unions were forbidden, workers were paid differently based on their race and nationality (with the most dangerous jobs falling to West Indians), and anyone not contributing to the project could be deported. Yet Greene reveals how canal workers and their families managed to resist government demands for efficiency at all costs, forcing many officials to revise their policies.
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- Yogini Janina
- 2024-08-24
Racism and discrimination built the Canal
Such a sad and very unheard stories of the men and women who built The Panama Canal: racism and discrimination to the max. This audiobook should be taught in schools in Panama and the US. Thank you to author for an exquisite masterpiece. Viva mi Panamá 💜🪷🙏🏽
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