Authors: Matthew Parker
Tags: #History - General History, #Technology & Engineering, #History, #Central, #Central America, #Americas (North, #Central America - History, #United States - 20th Century (1900-1945), #United States, #Civil, #Civil Engineering (General), #General, #History: World, #Panama Canal (Panama) - History, #Panama Canal (Panama), #West Indies), #Latin America - Central America, #South, #Latin America
Panama fever
Acclaim for Matthew Parker's
“Well-told… A clear and readable account of a tremendous story.”
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The Seattle Times
“Engrossing, sometimes alarming… The characters colorful and unexpected.”
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The Star-Ledger
(Newark)
“A readable, almost plain, yet thoroughly amazing account.”
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New York Post
“A fascinating account … highly readable and enjoyable.”
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San Jose Mercury News
“[A] monumental, assiduously researched work… A gripping narrative that never lets go of your lapels… Panoramic in its geographic, scientific and political scope, and focusing closely on the sensitive social and labor issues,
Panama Fever is
a marvelously comprehensive work about an epic engineering triumph.”
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Parker fluidly narrates the frustrations of the French effort that ended in failure… Parker achieves a fine history, complete in both technological and human dimensions.”
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Booklist
“[An] engrossing narrative. … A well-researched and satisfying account of imperial vision and social inequity.”
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Publishers Weekly
, starred review
Also by Matthew Parker
Monte Cassino
The Battle of Britain
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker is the author of
The Battle of Britain
and
Monte Cassino.
He lives in London.
www.matthewparker.co.uk
In loving memory of Roger Durman
CONTENTS
PREFACE: THE BATTLE TO BUILD THE CANAL
CHAPTER ONE
“The Keys to the Universe”
CHAPTER TWO
Rivalry and Stalemate
CHAPTER THREE
Gold Rush
CHAPTER FOUR
“A Natural Culminating Point”
CHAPTER FIVE
The Competing Routes
CHAPTER SIX
“Le Grand Français”
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Fatal Decision
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Riches of France
CHAPTER NINE
“Travail Commencé”
CHAPTER TEN
Fever
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Jules Dingler
CHAPTER TWELVE
Annus Horribilis
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Collapse and Scandal
