Dying to Better Themselves
by Olive Senior, University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica), Press Staff
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The epic story of the involvement of the tiny islands of the West Indies in providing the work force for the construction of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) and before that, the Panama Railroad (1850-1855), and the French attempt under de Lesseps to build the Panama Canal (1881-1889). Written by a West Indian, the book allows the voices of the participants to tell their stories alongside the official accounts.
Panama railroadMigrant laborWest indians, foreign countriesLatin america, social conditionsWest IndiansPanama Railroad CoHistoryWest Indian Foreign workersCanalsDesign and constructionRailroadsEmigration and immigration