The Panama Railroad / Peter Pyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pyne, Peter, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Railroads past and present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panama Railroad Co--History.

Panama Railroad Co.

Railroads--Panama--History.

Railroads.

History.

Panama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

THE PANAMA RAILROAD

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: CONSTRUCTION

1 The Grand Design

2 A False Start

3 Slow Progress

4 A New Departure

5 Hopes Dashed

6 The Final Push

PART II: THE WORKERS

7 The Men Who Built the Railroad

8 Working Conditions

9 Workers' Amenities

10 Mortality

PART III: THE IRISH

11 The American Irish

12 The Men from Cork

PART IV: EPILOGUE

13 Railroad-Government Relations

14 The Aftermath

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Panama Railroad Construction Account, 1850-1858

Appendix 2: Panama Railroad Passage Account by Date of Ledger Entry, 1850-1855

Appendix 3: Likely Cork Workhouse Emigrants to Panama, December 1853

Appendix 4: Estimates of Mortality of the Inhabitants of Panama City, 1884-1893, and among the Workers Constructing the Panama Canal, 1881-1889

Appendix 5: Petition of the Irish Laborers to the British Consul, Panama City, 1854

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 1, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Pyne, Peter. The Panama Railroad

ISBN:

9780253052087

0253052084

9780253052094

0253052092

Publisher Number:

40030337000

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.