The Panama Railroad:
"In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat-they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the...
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Bloomington, Indiana
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2021
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat-they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the nineteenth century, and would require battling climate, disease, and geography before it was completed. On a human level it would transform the destiny of thousands of lives in America and Panama as well as in Ireland. The Panama Railroad provides the first comprehensive account of the railroad's construction, going well beyond the known stories of the titans of industry involved with its construction, such as William Aspinwall, George Law, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It seeks to correct false claims and address numerous gaps in past histories, and in particular showcases the stories of the ordinary Irish workers willing to travel halfway around the globe to pursue an uncertain future and a perilous undertaking in the hopes of escaping the devastating Great Famine of 1845-49"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 363 - 378) and index (p. 379 - 395) |
| Beschreibung: | xx, 395 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780253052070 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
FOREWORD
IX
PREFACE
XIII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XIX
INTRODUCTION
I
PART
I: CONSTRUCTION
1
THE
GRAND
DESIGN
II
2A
FALSE
START
26
3 SLOW
PROGRESS
47
4A
NEW
DEPARTURE
64
5
HOPES
DASHED
8O
6
THE
FINAL
PUSH
96
PART
II: THE WORKERS
7 THE
MEN
WHO BUILT
THE
RAILROAD
LOG
8 WORKING
CONDITIONS
133
9
WORKERS
AMENITIES
154
10 MORTALITY
177
PART
III:
THE IRISH
11 THE
AMERICAN IRISH
199
12 THE
MEN
FROM
CORK
219
PART
IV:
EPILOGUE
13 RAILROAD-GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS
14
THE
AFTERMATH
259
241
CONCLUSION
277
APPENDIX
I:
PANAMA RAILROAD
CONSTRUCTION
ACCOUNT,
185O-18S8
289
APPENDIX
Z:
PANAMA
RAILROAD
PASSAGE
ACCOUNT
BY
DATE
OF
LEDGER ENTRY,
18SO-1855
290
IJYIBIIOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLTINCHEY
VIII
CONTENTS
APPENDIX
3:
LIKELY
CORK WORKHOUSE
EMIGRANTS
TO
PANAMA,
DECEMBER
1853
292
APPENDIX
4:
ESTIMATES
OF
MORTALITY
OF
THE
INHABITANTS
OF
PANAMA
CITY,
1884-1893,
AND AMONG
THE
WORKERS
CONSTRUCTING
THE
PANAMA
CANAL,
1881-1889
297
APPENDIX
S:
PETITION
OF
THE
IRISH
LABORERS
TO
THE
BRITISH
CONSUL,
PANAMA
CITY,
1854
301
NOTES
303
BIBLIOGRAPHY
363
INDEX
379
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD
IX
PREFACE
XIII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XIX
INTRODUCTION
I
PART
I: CONSTRUCTION
1
THE
GRAND
DESIGN
II
2A
FALSE
START
26
3 SLOW
PROGRESS
47
4A
NEW
DEPARTURE
64
5
HOPES
DASHED
8O
6
THE
FINAL
PUSH
96
PART
II: THE WORKERS
7 THE
MEN
WHO BUILT
THE
RAILROAD
LOG
8 WORKING
CONDITIONS
133
9
WORKERS'
AMENITIES
154
10 MORTALITY
177
PART
III:
THE IRISH
11 THE
AMERICAN IRISH
199
12 THE
MEN
FROM
CORK
219
PART
IV:
EPILOGUE
13 RAILROAD-GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS
14
THE
AFTERMATH
259
241
CONCLUSION
277
APPENDIX
I:
PANAMA RAILROAD
CONSTRUCTION
ACCOUNT,
185O-18S8
289
APPENDIX
Z:
PANAMA
RAILROAD
PASSAGE
ACCOUNT
BY
DATE
OF
LEDGER ENTRY,
18SO-1855
290
IJYIBIIOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLTINCHEY'
VIII
CONTENTS
APPENDIX
3:
LIKELY
CORK WORKHOUSE
EMIGRANTS
TO
PANAMA,
DECEMBER
1853
292
APPENDIX
4:
ESTIMATES
OF
MORTALITY
OF
THE
INHABITANTS
OF
PANAMA
CITY,
1884-1893,
AND AMONG
THE
WORKERS
CONSTRUCTING
THE
PANAMA
CANAL,
1881-1889
297
APPENDIX
S:
PETITION
OF
THE
IRISH
LABORERS
TO
THE
BRITISH
CONSUL,
PANAMA
CITY,
1854
301
NOTES
303
BIBLIOGRAPHY
363
INDEX
379 |
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