The Silver Women: How Black Women's Labor Made The Panama Canal

“In this extraordinary book, Julie Greene has given us the first complete history of the Panama Canal by chronicling the international labor force that built it, the flawed politicians and engineers who designed it, and the utopian notions it inspired in many Americans. The Canal Builders is a landmark in the history of workers in the modern world, filled with revelations on nearly every page.”
—Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan