Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal

by Marixa Lasso

The Panama Canal's untold history--from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal's American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics.

The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern development of Central America. Cutting a convenient path from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, it hastened the currents of trade and migration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984447
• ISBN13: 9780674984448
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"