The Panama Songs: Colonial Structures in US Popular Music between 1900 and 1920

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-593117
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59311

Herzfeld, Gregor

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Abstract

The Panama Canal was officially opened on 15 August 1914. At this point, the United States had been the builder of a difficult and controversial project for ten years and was to be the operator of the most important link between the Atlantic and the Pacific. To do this, it first helped Panama to independence, immediately annexing the canal zone. Thus, the construction of the canal is a classic ...