Book 2014

Dying to Better Themselves

Olive Senior University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica), Press Staff

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Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Language: English
Published: 2014

Panama railroad
Migrant labor
West indians, foreign countries
Latin america, social conditions
West Indians
Panama Railroad Co
History
West Indian Foreign workers

The epic story of the involvement of the tiny islands of the West Indies in providing the work force for the construction of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) and before that, the Panama Railroad (1850-1855), and the French attempt under de Lesseps to build the Panama Canal (1881-1889). Written by a West Indian, the book allows the voices of the participants to tell their stories alongside the official accounts.