Board #51 - The Panama Canal: Impetus for Social Injustice or Extension of Colonial Legacies

• In Event: 75-310 - Poster Session: The Role of State Policies in Encouraging Economic Development

Brief Overview

This paper investigates whether Panama’s inequalities originate in the Canal’s construction or in earlier colonial hierarchies, comparing labor and social structures to determine whether the Canal created new injustices or strengthened existing ones.

Author

• Katelyn Alyousif, Indiana University, South Bend