The United States discovers Panama
Subtitle: the writings of soldiers, scholars, scientists, and scoundrels, 1850-1905
By: edited by Michael LaRosa and Germán R. Mejía.
Contributors: LaRosa, Michael; Mejia P., German.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Panama Canal (Panama) -- History -- Sources.; Panama -- History -- Sources.; Panama -- Relations -- United States -- Sources.; United States -- Relations -- Panama -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Other titles: Atlantic monthly.; Harper's magazine.
Notes: Includes articles from the Atlantic monthly and Harper's magazine.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: A trip on the Panama Railroad; title: Panama Railroad; title: Darien Exploring Expedition, under command of Lieut. Isaac C. Strain; title: Nicaragua : an exploration from ocean to ocean; title: The new route through Chiriqui; title: The secret of the strait; title: Tehuantepec and the Eads Ship Railway; title: Short cuts across the globe; title: Projects for an isthmian canal; title: The trans-isthmian canal problem; title: The best isthmian canal; title: The tropical renaissance; title: The isthmus canal and American control; title: Latin and Saxon America; title: The diplomacy and law of the isthmian canals; title: The strategic features of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; title: Non-intervention and the Monroe Doctrine; title: The right and wrong of the Monroe Doctrine.