Background Documents Relating to the Panama Canal

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Foreign relations.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1977

Summary:

Appendices (pages 1621-1688) contain selected documents from pertinent Supreme Court cases

CRS compilation of background documents relating to the Panama Canal, including papers, statements, agreements, correspondence, reports, messages, legislative acts, and court decisions. Covers:

I. American, British, and French Competition for Control of an Isthmian Canal, 1825-80: The Era of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (pages 1-47)

II. U.S. Efforts to Acquire Exclusive Control of an Isthmian Canal, 1880-1901: The Era of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (pages 49-129)

III. Battle Over the Colombia (Panama) and Nicaragua Routes, 1901-1903: The Era of the Spooner Act and Hay-Herran Treaty with Colombia (pages 131-245)

IV. Independence of Panama and the Granting to the U.S. of Rights to Build a Canal, 1903-1904: The Era of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (pages 247-475)

IX. Relations with Panama during the 1970's: The Era of the 1974 Principles and the 1977 Treaties (pages 1413-1620)

V. Continuing Controversy During the Era of Construction (pages 477-698)

VI. Relations with Panama, 1905-1939: The Era Leading to the Hull-Alfaro Treaty of 1936 (pages 699-916)

VII. Relations with Panama, 1939-1958: The Era of the War and the 1955 Treaty (pages 917-1040)

VIII. Relations with Panama, 1959-1970: The Era of the Flag Incidents and the Unperfected 1967 Treaties (pages 1041-1411)

Notes:

CRS Report

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Background Documents Relating to the Panama Canal. 77-S382-38

Publisher Number:

CRS-1977-FND-0031

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