Path of empire :
McGuinness, Aims, 1968-
Path of empire : Panama and the California Gold Rush / Aims McGuinness. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008. - xiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - The United States in the world . - United States in the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
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.
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California by way of Panama during the California Gold Rush. McGuinness presents an understanding of the intertwined histories of the California Gold Rush, the course of U.S. empire, and anti-imperialist politics in Latin America. [from publisher description].
9780801445217 0801445213 0801475384 9780801475382
2007028868
GBA768970 bnb GBA934254 bnb
013829197 Uk 015104394 Uk
1800-1899
Americans--History--Panama--19th century.
Watermelon Riot, Col on, Panama, 1856.
Americans.
Gold mines and mining.
Diplomatic relations.
Goldrausch
Au enpolitik
Goldrausch.
United States--Foreign relations--Panama.
Panama--Foreign relations--United States.
Panama--History--19th century.
California--History--1846-1850.
California--Gold discoveries.
California.
Panama.
Panama--Col on.
United States.
Kalifornien
Panama
USA.
History.
E183.8.P2 / M36 2008
327.730728709/034
Path of empire : Panama and the California Gold Rush / Aims McGuinness. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008. - xiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - The United States in the world . - United States in the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
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.
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California by way of Panama during the California Gold Rush. McGuinness presents an understanding of the intertwined histories of the California Gold Rush, the course of U.S. empire, and anti-imperialist politics in Latin America. [from publisher description].
9780801445217 0801445213 0801475384 9780801475382
2007028868
GBA768970 bnb GBA934254 bnb
013829197 Uk 015104394 Uk
1800-1899
Americans--History--Panama--19th century.
Watermelon Riot, Col on, Panama, 1856.
Americans.
Gold mines and mining.
Diplomatic relations.
Goldrausch
Au enpolitik
Goldrausch.
United States--Foreign relations--Panama.
Panama--Foreign relations--United States.
Panama--History--19th century.
California--History--1846-1850.
California--Gold discoveries.
California.
Panama.
Panama--Col on.
United States.
Kalifornien
Panama
USA.
History.
E183.8.P2 / M36 2008
327.730728709/034