Legend Of Light

Realizing The Century-old Dream Of A Passage To India, The Building Of The Panama Canal Was An Engineering Feat Of Colossal Dimensions, A Construction Site Filled Not Only With Mud And Water But With Interpretations, Meanings, And Social Visions. Alexander Missal S Seaway To The Future Unfolds A Cultural History Of The Panama Canal Project, Revealed In The Texts And Images Of The Era S Policymakers And Commentators. Observing Its Creation, Journalists, Travel Writers, And Officials Interpreted The Canal And Its Environs As A Perfect Society Under An Efficient, Authoritarian Management Featuring Innovations In Technology, Work, Health, And Consumption.