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Marixa Lasso, "Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal" (Harvard UP, 2019)
Marixa Lasso, "Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal" (Harvard UP, 2019)
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36 minutes
Released:
Dec 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Many of our presumptions about the Panama Canal Zone are wrong; it was not carved out of uninhabited jungle, the creation of Lake Gatún did not flood towns and force them to move, people living in the zone prior to the construction of the canal were not out of step with modernity. In her new book, Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal (Harvard University Press, 2019), Marixa Lasso argues compellingly that the construction of the Panama Canal prompted the destruction of a bustling network of towns, along with the livelihoods and democratic traditions of their inhabitants.
Alejandra Bronfman is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies at SUNY, Albany.
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Alejandra Bronfman is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies at SUNY, Albany.
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Released:
Dec 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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