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The Panama Railroad /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyne, Peter (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Series:Railroads past and present.
Subjects:
Panama Railroad Co. > History.
Railroads > Panama > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • THE PANAMA RAILROAD
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I: CONSTRUCTION
  • 1 The Grand Design
  • 2 A False Start
  • 3 Slow Progress
  • 4 A New Departure
  • 5 Hopes Dashed
  • 6 The Final Push
  • PART II: THE WORKERS
  • 7 The Men Who Built the Railroad
  • 8 Working Conditions
  • 9 Workers' Amenities
  • 10 Mortality
  • PART III: THE IRISH
  • 11 The American Irish
  • 12 The Men from Cork
  • PART IV: EPILOGUE
  • 13 Railroad-Government Relations
  • 14 The Aftermath
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Panama Railroad Construction Account, 1850-1858
  • Appendix 2: Panama Railroad Passage Account by Date of Ledger Entry, 1850-1855
  • Appendix 3: Likely Cork Workhouse Emigrants to Panama, December 1853
  • Appendix 4: Estimates of Mortality of the Inhabitants of Panama City, 1884-1893, and among the Workers Constructing the Panama Canal, 1881-1889
  • Appendix 5: Petition of the Irish Laborers to the British Consul, Panama City, 1854
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index