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Key ideas from the book
- The canal project extended across decades, shifting from French efforts to American completion.
- Building the canal required an immense commitment of labor, money, and engineering.
- The project affected the lives and reputations of people involved at many levels.
- The canal’s creation was tied to political upheaval and the birth of a new nation.
- The account connects the project with the conquest of yellow fever and the expansion of American power.
About The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough
David McCullough recounts the creation of the Panama Canal from 1870 to 1914, tracing the effort from France’s pursuit of the project to its completion by the United States. The undertaking demanded vast sums of money and the labor of tens of thousands, making it an engineering feat on an extraordinary scale.
Alongside the construction, the account follows the people and political forces drawn into the project and considers its wider consequences, including revolution, the birth of a new nation, the conquest of yellow fever, and the expansion of American power. It will interest readers of engineering history and those seeking a detailed history of the Panama Canal and its international impact.
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