Panamanian Politics and Panama’s Relationship with the United States Leading up To the Hull-Alfaro Treaty

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dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Sheila
dc.contributor.supervisorColby, Jason M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-27T17:56:46Z
dc.date.available2014-08-27T17:56:46Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-08-27
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explains the origins of the 1936 Hull-Alfaro Treaty between Panama and the United States. It examines how Panamanian politics and Panama’s relationship with the United States changed over the decades leading up to this new treaty. The Panama Railway and then the Panama Canal placed Panama in a unique position within the growing American Empire as the isthmus linked the United States to the resources it needed to fuel its domestic industry and to markets for its manufactured goods. Recurrent political unrest and economic challenges within Panama forced the Panamanian government to attempt to renegotiate its relationship with the United States. This work analyzes the changes within Panamanian society, United States foreign relations, and world affairs that led to the 1936 treaty succeeding where other treaty negotiations had not.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0336en_US
dc.description.proquestemailskookum_1998@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5612
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectPanama and the United Statesen_US
dc.subjectPanamanian Politicsen_US
dc.subjectHull-Alfaroen_US
dc.subjectKellogg-Alfaroen_US
dc.subjectProtectorateen_US
dc.subjectNationalismen_US
dc.subjectWest Indiansen_US
dc.subjectPanamanian Historyen_US
dc.titlePanamanian Politics and Panama’s Relationship with the United States Leading up To the Hull-Alfaro Treatyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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