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Matthew Parker

Panama Fever

The Battle to Build the Canal

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Panama Fever traces a heroic dream that spanned four centuries: to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.The human cost was immense: in appalling working conditions and amid epidemics of fever, tens of thousands perished fighting the jungle, swamps and mountains of Panama, a scale of attrition comparable to many great battles.This is a remarkable book about empire and technology. Starting as a story of European Victorian confidence and hubris, it develops, via one of history's greatest engineering disasters, into an account of America's ruthless triumph over vast obstacles as it moves forward to dominate the twentieth century.… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-09-179704-1
  • EAN: 9780091797041
  • Produktnummer: 26033443
  • Verlag: Cornerstone
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 464 S.
  • Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.4 cm x D4.0 cm 765 g
  • Gewicht: 765
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Born in Central America, Matthew Parker spent part of his childhood in the West Indies, acquiring a life-long fascination with the history of the region. Since graduating from Oxford, he has worked as an editorial consultant on a number of works of history, and written two bestselling books. He now lives with his family in east London. His most recent book was Monte Cassino.

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