Beyond the Big Ditch
Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal
$70.86
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2014
Summary
A historical and ethnographic study of the conflict between global transportation and rural development as the two intersect at the Panama Canal. In this innovative book, Ashley Carse traces the water that flows into and out from the Panama Canal to explain how global shipping is entangled with Panama’s cultural and physical landscapes. By following container ships as they travel downstream along maritime routes and tracing rivers upstream across the populated watershed that feeds the canal, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262537414 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262537419 |
| Author: | Ashley Carse |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
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About The Author
Ashley Carse
Ashley Carse is Assistant Professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University.
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