How Wall Street Created a Nation
The Untold History of the Panama Canal
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Central America, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
| Author: | Ovidio Diaz Espino | ISBN: | 9780990552123 |
| Publisher: | Primedia eLaunch | Publication: | August 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ovidio Diaz Espino |
| ISBN: | 9780990552123 |
| Publisher: | Primedia eLaunch |
| Publication: | August 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
How Wall Street Created a Nation: The Untold History of the Panama Canal narrates the dramatic and gripping account of the beginnings of the Panama Canal led by a group of Wall Street speculators with the help of Teddy Roosevelt’s government. The result of four years of research, the book offers the real story of how the United States obtained the rights to build the Canal through financial speculation, fraud, and an international conspiracy that brought down a French republic and a Colombian government, created the Republic of Panama, rocked the invincible President Roosevelt with corruption scandals, and gave birth to U.S. imperialism in Latin America.
How Wall Street Created a Nation: The Untold History of the Panama Canal narrates the dramatic and gripping account of the beginnings of the Panama Canal led by a group of Wall Street speculators with the help of Teddy Roosevelt’s government. The result of four years of research, the book offers the real story of how the United States obtained the rights to build the Canal through financial speculation, fraud, and an international conspiracy that brought down a French republic and a Colombian government, created the Republic of Panama, rocked the invincible President Roosevelt with corruption scandals, and gave birth to U.S. imperialism in Latin America.
