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Emperors in the Jungle : The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindsay-Poland, John.
- Series:
- American Encounters/Global Interactions
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focuses on environmental, policy, and human rights dimensions of the activities of the U.S. military in Panama, analyzing the guiding mythologies and racial stereotypes behind the US's colonialism in the region.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Platform for Control: Interventions and Army Doctors, 1856-1925; 2 ""Test Tube Island""; 3 The Nuclear Canal; 4 Playing the Drug Card; 5 The Politics of Environmental Cover-up; 6 Market Mania; 7 Continuity and Change in the Military's Vision; Afterword: Knowing Ourselves: Exhortation to Read a Friendly Text by Guillermo Castro H.; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612920615
- 9781282920613
- 1282920618
- 9780822384601
- 0822384604
- OCLC:
- 1226678904
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