The Panama Railroad /

The Panama Railroad /

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Author / Creator:	Pyne, Peter, author.
Imprint:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Description:	xx, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Railroads past and present Railroads past and present.
Subject:	Panama Railroad Co -- History. Panama Railroad Co. Railroads -- Panama -- History. Railroads. Panama. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12492057

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ISBN:	9780253052070 0253052076 9780253052087
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--
Other form:	Online version: Pyne, Peter. The Panama railroad Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021] 9780253052087

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