ISBN0385515340 (alk. paper)
9780385515344 (alk. paper)
数量xxvi, 530 p., [16] p. of plates : ; 25 cm.
一般注記The golden isthmus. The keys to the universe ; Rivalry and stalemate ; Gold rush ; A natural culminating point ; The competing routes -- The French tragedy. Le grand Francais ; The fatal decision ; The riches of France ; Travail commence ; Fever ; Jules Dingler ; Annus horribilis ; Collapse and scandal -- The American triumph. Heroes and Villains- the "Battle of the Routes" ; I took the Isthmus ; Make the dirt fly ; Yellow Jack ; Restart ; The railroad era ; The digging machine ; Segregation ; The army of Panama ; Hell's Gorge ; Lord how piercing! ; The land divided, the world united ; Whose canal is it, anyway?