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Discusses foreign policy issues between the United States and Panama, specifically regarding the Canal. ... Read more

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Examines the history of the Panama Canal, from its conceptual stage through construction up to today, and discusses its controversial political aspects. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 12579 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Panama: political and economic conditions and U.S. relations.
Author: Mark P. Sullivan
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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FIRST PRINTING. Pale green stapled wraps with red lettering and photo of S.S. Ancon passing continental divide, August 15. 1914. Rubber stamp (in blue) on front cover of The Panama Canal Exhibit, San Francisco. Fold out map in rear very nice. Illustrated with black and white photos throughout. ... Read more

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This study examines the development of Panamanian nationalism, focusing on the period from 1903 to 1941. Utilizing historiography, literature, public architecture, and monuments, Szok posits that Panamanian nationalism is, in part, a legacy of the nineteenth century when Panama experienced a nationalist movement typical of the rest of Latin America. This movement was a creation of the country's white elite, who feared the Afro-mestizo masses and sought the protection of outside powers. Later joining forces with the growing middle class, the upper class continued to emphasize liberalism and promoted nostalgia for things Hispanic. This effort left it largely divorced from the Afro-Caribbean culture of the terminal cities and would ultimately contribute to its loss of power in 1968. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 13621 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The proposed U.S.-Panama free trade agreement.(Table)
Author: J.F. Hornbeck
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: NA

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Strategic and practical information for conducting business and investing in the country. Business opportunities, regulations, contacts and more. ... Read more

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In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposeditsgovernment, and established another in its place. While this act ofviolentintervention brought Panama to public attention, the justifications foritobscured the underlying instabilities that have plagued the countrythroughoutits history. Although a stated purpose of the invasion was to remove oneman,Manuel Noriega, from power, Panama at the Crossroads demonstrates thatthecrisis sweeping Panama in the late 1980s was not caused by one man, butin factderived from the history of U.S. domination and the nature of Panamaniansocietyitself. Panama is located at a crucial geographic crossroads, a fact that hasgreatlyinfluenced the country's history since the sixteenth century. Laborscarcity andinhospitable terrain, joined with its location, contributed to themercantileorientation of Panama's economy. Accordingly, the country's politics andeconomics have been consistently dominated by foreign trading interests,firstfrom Spain, then Colombia and the United States. Now in the 1990s, Panama stands at a historical and economic crossroads,andaccording to Zimbalist and Weeks its traditional entrept institutionsare nolonger able to promote and sustain growth. Before building the basis forlong- term economic expansion, Panama must first undo the devastating economicandpolitical damage engendered by nearly three years of U.S. economicsanctions andthe U.S. invasion. In this timely book, Zimbalist and Weeks document the origins andcharacteristics of this crossroads. Their analysis points the way to amoreencompassing and equitable strategy for Panama's economic development. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more