Prize Possession : The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979 (Paperback)

Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Prelude: 1826?1904: 1. The quest for an American canal, 1826?1903; 2. 'I took the isthmus', 1903?4; Part II. Beginnings: 1904?29: 3. The zone regime; 4. The labour force; 5. The Commissary; 6. The protectorate; 7. Canal defence; Part III. Transitions: 1930?55: 8. The zone regime; 9. The labour force; 10. The commissary; 11. Partnership politics; 12. Canal defence; Part IV. Recessional: 1956?79: 13. 'Mandate from civilization'?, Map of the Canal Zone; Appendices; Bibliography.