Path of empire : Panama and the California Gold Rush / Aims McGuinness

Object Details

Contents

Prelude : April 15, 1856 -- Introduction : in the archive of loose leaves -- California in Panama -- The Panama railroad and the conquest of the Gold Rush -- Sovereignty on the isthmus -- "We are not in the United States here" -- U.S. empire and the boundaries of Latin America -- Conclusion : conversations in the Museum of History -- Coda : with dust in our eyes

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2008

19th century

1846-1850

Author

McGuinness, Aims 1968-

Type

Books

Physical description

xiii, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Place

Panama

United States

California

Topic

Americans--History

Watermelon Riot, Colón, Panama, 1856

Foreign relations

History

Gold discoveries

Record ID

siris_sil_840329

Usage

CC0