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Prize Possession is a comprehensive history of U.S. policy toward the Panama Canal between 1903 and 1979. Although the book focuses on the first two generations of tenure of the Canal Zone, between 1904 and 1955, John Major also provides an extensive look at the nineteenth-century background, the making of the 1903 canal treaty with Panama, the move after 1955 toward the new treaty settlement of 1977, and the crucial significance of the Canal to American policy-makers and their public. The main body of the work surveys five key issues raised by American control of the Canal: its defense against naval bombardment, sabotage and air attack, and its role in U.S. war planning; its highly paternalistic administration; the racism of its labor relations; its severe commercial impact on Panama; and the profound influence of the Zone on Panamanian politics and government. The book is based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of U.S. government agencies, namely, the State, War, and Navy departments and the Canal Zone administration, as well as on the papers of such key figures as Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Philippe Bunau-Varilla. It makes an important and original contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a subject that has yet to receive its due from historians.
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- Title Prize Possession
- Author John Major
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 456
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, New York
- Date 1993-11-26
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780521433068 / 0521433061
- Weight 1.66 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.32 x 1.16 in (23.72 x 16.05 x 2.95 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Foreign relations - Panama, Panama - Foreign relations - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92032406
- Dewey Decimal Code 327.730
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Citations
- Library Journal, 09/15/1993, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 09/13/1993, Page 0
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