Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 (1977 original; edición 1978)por David McCullough (Autor)
Información de la obraThe Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 por David McCullough (1977)
Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará.
It's been a while since I've read a David McCullough book even though every one I've read has been great. This, like the ones about the Brooklyn Bridge, the Wright Brothers, the Johnstown Flood (among others) tells a story but includes the political and cultural context as well as comprehensible engineering details. I found "The Path Between the Seas" to be very interesting, well researched and well written. It reads much like a novel and as it progressed I thought it got better. McCullough organized the book in an easy to understand fashion and it progressed logically. There were some changes in the tone it was written as later chapters used more first person accounts reminiscent of Walter Lord. Although the book was written in 1977, McCollough gives a fair and even-handed accounting of the non-American, non-white workers. He illustrates the differences in the health, diet and living conditions while indicating the canal was really made a reality by mainly West Indian labor. A fact that is very much glossed over in most contemporary accounts. The backstory of the French attempt and the resulting political backlash was very interesting also. I am also finding overlapping references to individuals in this book with other histories, Gorgas for example, who was featured in "The Great Influenza" by John Barry is fleshed out more as his work in Panama fighting Yellow Fever and Malaria were the seminal works of his career This is an excellent history of a monumental project, the likes of which no longer happen. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
El canal de Panamá, cuyas obras comenzaron en 1904 tras más de tres décadas de negociaciones y se inauguró en 1914, fue mucho más que una prodigiosa obra de ingeniería sin precedentes. Su construcción se convirtió en un hito histórico de gran importancia, y en un drama humano devastador. Exceptuando los conflictos bélicos, constituyó el esfuerzo más costoso, en dinero y en vidas humanas, de cuantos se han emprendido en el mundo. Este libro narra la historia de los hombres y mujeres que lucharon contra todas las adversidades para cumplir el sueño de construir un paso acuático entre los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico. Es una crónica de asombrosas proezas de ingeniería, logros médicos colosales, conflictos políticos, éxitos heroicos y trágicos fracasos. David McCullough, aclamado historiador y ganador de dos premios Pulitzer, entre otros, teje de manera magistral todos los hilos de este memorable evento y lo convierte en un exhaustivo y apasionante relato épico. David McCullough teje todos los hilos de este acontecimiento memorable y lo convierte en un relato apasionante gracias a una prosa lúcida y realista. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNingunoCubiertas populares
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)972.87504History and Geography North America Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda Central America PanamaClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
I even found myself interested in the engineering challenges and solutions. The medical and human challenges and personalities like Teddy Roosevelt were what really made me enjoy it though ( )