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Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Prelude: 1826-1904: 1. The questfor an American canal, 1826-1903; 2. 'I took the isthmus', 1903-1904; PartII. Beginnings: 1904-1929: 3. The zone regime; 4. The labour force; 5. TheCommissary; 6. The protectorate; 7. Canal defence; Part III. Transitions:1930-1955: 8. The zone regime; 9. The labour force; 10. The commissary; 11.Partnership politics; 12. Canal defence; Part IV. Recessional: 1956-1979: 13.'Mandate from civilization'?, Map of the Canal Zone; Appendices; Bibliography.