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Modern World History: Panama

Recommended Databases for Imperialism Research

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window

Panama : Pre-Colonization (pre-1600s)

Panama : Colonization (1600-1903)

Panama : Colonization, Primary Sources

"Simón Bolívar: Proposing a Government for Gran Colombia Speech (1819)," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
The edited text of Bolivar's address calling for the former Spanish colonies of Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and others, to unite in the new country of "Gran Colombia"

Panama : Post-Colonization (1900s to the present)

"Panama Declares Independence from Colombia, November 3, 1903," World History In Context (Gale )
"Panama Canal," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Overview article on the history of the Panama Canal, beginning in the 1500s.
"Panama Canal Zone Map," World History: The Modern Era, ABC-CLIO
A map showing the boundaries of the Panama Canal Zone.
"Panama Invasion," by Paul K. Davis, World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Short authored article on the 1989-1990 US intervention in Panama

Panama : Post-Colonization, Primary Sources

"Panama Canal Convention (1903)." World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
The text of the US Presidential decree by Theodore Roosevelt,