Dying to Better Themselves
Subtitle: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press; The University of the West Indies Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9789766404574
Subjects: Panama railroad; Migrant labor; West indians, foreign countries; Latin america, social conditions
Description: The epic story of the involvement of the tiny islands of the West Indies in providing the work force for the construction of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) and before that, the Panama Railroad (1850-1855), and the French attempt under de Lesseps to build the Panama Canal (1881-1889). Written by a West Indian, the book allows the voices of the participants to tell their stories alongside the official accounts.