Author: Henry Isaac SheldonPublisher: Chicago : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : Nicaragua
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Notes on the Nicaragua Canal
Author: Henry Isaac SheldonPublisher: Chicago : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : Nicaragua
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Notes on the Nicaragua Canal (Classic Reprint)
Author: Henry I. SheldonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332588213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Excerpt from Notes on the Nicaragua Canal The visit to Nicaragua described in this volume was undertaken in search of some means for stimulating the tardy development and depressed agricultural interests of California, Oregon, and Washington. It resulted in an opinion in favor of constructing a ship-canal at Nicaragua. The subject has proved of such increasing interest, and facts regarding it have so accumulated, that the only satisfactory way to place before others the information gathered is to print it. The visit and the subsequent investigations have made part of the work of a busy life. The subject is so large, and the data collected are so fragmentary, that the writer, knowing nothing of book-making, and having only a plain statement to make, has called these memoranda - for they are only memoranda - "Notes on the Nicaragua Canal." The visit was made in the spring of 1895, and the succeeding interval has been considered a suitable time for deliberation before forming any final judgment on matters of such importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Notes on the Nicaragua Canal
Author: Henry Isaac SheldonPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358135279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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Book Bulletin
Author: San Francisco Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Big Ditch
Author: Noel MaurerPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691248079
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
An incisive economic and political history of the Panama Canal On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu reveal a more complex story. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, The Big Ditch deftly chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal, from Spain's earliest proposals in 1529 through the final handover of the Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999, to the present day. The authors show that the Canal produced great economic dividends for the first quarter-century following its opening, despite massive cost overruns and delays. Relying on geographical advantage and military might, the United States captured most of these benefits. By the 1970s, however, when the Carter administration negotiated the eventual turnover of the Canal back to Panama, the strategic and economic value of the Canal had disappeared. And yet, contrary to skeptics who believed it was impossible for a fledgling nation plagued by corruption to manage the Canal, when the Panamanians finally had control, they switched the Canal from a public utility to a for-profit corporation, ultimately running it better than their northern patrons. A remarkable tale, The Big Ditch offers vital lessons about the impact of large-scale infrastructure projects, American overseas interventions on institutional development, and the ability of governments to run companies effectively.
Bulletin
Author: Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore CityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin
Author: San Francisco (Calif.). Free Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Notes on the Nicaragua Canal;
Author: Henry SheldonPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781359631435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Unfinished Revolution
Author: Kenneth E. MorrisPublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569767564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Together with his brother Humberto, Daniel Ortega Saavedra masterminded the only victorious Latin American revolution since Fidel Castro's in Cuba. Following the triumphant 1979 Nicaraguan revolution, Ortega was named coordinator of the governing junta, and then in 1984 was elected president by a landslide in the country's first free presidential election. The future was full of promise. Yet the United States was soon training, equipping, and financing a counterrevolutionary force inside Nicaragua while sabotaging its crippled economy. The result was a decade-long civil war. By 1990, Nicaraguans dutifully voted Ortega out and the preferred candidate of the United States in. And Nicaraguans grew poorer and sicker. Then, in 2006, Daniel Ortega was reelected president. He was still defiantly left-wing and deeply committed to reclaiming the lost promise of the Revolution. Only time will tell if he succeeds, but he has positioned himself as an ally of Castro and Hugo Ch&ávez, while life for many Nicaraguans is finally improving. Unfinished Revolution is the first full-length biography of Daniel Ortega in any language. Drawing from a wealth of untapped sources, it tells the story of Nicaragua's continuing struggle for liberation through the prism of the Revolution's most emblematic yet enigmatic hero.
Author: Richard P. Rice