Senior, Olive.
Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, 2014.;©2014
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-402) and index.
• To shrink the world by half — Part. 1. The Panama Railroad — The Panama Railroad, 1849-1855 — Part 2. The French canal — The French canal, 1881-1904 — Part 3. The US construction of the Panama Canal, 1904-1914 — Who went, how and why — What they endured, 1904-1907 — The work they did there, 1904-1914 — The lives they lived, 1904-1914 — How they loved, laughed and prayed — Part 4. The Post-construction years and the return home — Life in Panama after construction ended — What they brought back home.

Subjects:

• Panama Railroad Co. — History.
• Panama Canal (Panama) — History.
• Migrant labor — Latin America.
• Migrant labor — West Indies.
• West Indians — Panama — History.
• Panama Railroad Co.

Requested by Towle, J and Lansing, M