TY - BOOK ID - 117619725 TI - Erased : the untold story of the Panama Canal PY - 2019 SN - 9780674239746 0674239741 067423975X 9780674239753 9780674984448 0674984447 PB - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cities and towns KW - Land use KW - Land KW - Land utilization KW - Use of land KW - Utilization of land KW - Economics KW - Land cover KW - Landscape assessment KW - NIMBY syndrome KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - History KW - Planning KW - Panama Canal (Panama) KW - Canal Zone. KW - Panama Canal Zone KW - Panama Canal (Government) KW - Canal Zone Government KW - History. KW - Planning. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:117619725 AB - Cutting a path from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Panama Canal set a new course for the development of Central America-but at considerable cost to Panamanians. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal's American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics. ER -