Book/Printed Material Panama : a country study
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Image 1 of Panama : a country study area handbook series Panama a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 2 of Panama : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 3 of Panama : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 4 of Panama : a country study 1- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 5 of Panama : a country study Panama a country study Federal Research Division Library of Congress Edited by Sandra W Meditz and Dennis M Hanratty Research Completed December 1987- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 6 of Panama : a country study On the cover Cuna Indian mola design of a man gathering coconuts Fourth Edition 1989 First Printing 1989 Copyright 1989 United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army All…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 7 of Panama : a country study Foreword This volume is one in a continuing series of books now being prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Con gress under the Country Studies Area Handbook Program…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 9 of Panama : a country study Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of the fol lowing individuals who under the chairmanship of Richard F Nyrop wrote the 1980 edition of Panama A Country Study The authors…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 10 of Panama : a country study ranks and insignia Joan C Barch wrote the section on geography in Chapter 2 and Richard A Haggerty supplied a variety of infor mation for inclusion in both the text and the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 11 of Panama : a country study Contents Page Foreword Lii Acknowledgments v Preface xiii Country Profile XV Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 Historical Setting 1 Jan Knippers Black and Edmundo Flores THE CONQUEST 6 THE SPANISH COLONY 10 THE…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 12 of Panama : a country study Chapter 2 The Society and Its Environment 67 Patricia Kluck GEOGRAPHY 70 POPULATION 74 Regions of Settlement 74 Size and Growth 75 ETHNIC GROUPS 77 Antillean Blacks 79 Indians 80 SOCIAL ORGANIZATION…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 13 of Panama : a country study INDUSTRY 159 Manufacturing 160 Mining 162 Construction 163 Energy 164 FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS 165 Trade 165 Balance of Payments 167 External Debts 168 Chapter 4 Government and Politics 171 Richard Millett THE…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 14 of Panama : a country study MISSIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE DEFENSE FORCES 224 The General Staff 227 Military Zones 228 Ground Forces 229 Panamanian Air Force and National Navy 233 Police Forces 234 National Guard 236 ADMINISTRATION…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 15 of Panama : a country study 12 Ranks and Insignia of the Panama Defense Forces 1987 240 13 Selected Unit Insignia of the Panama Defense Forces 1987 242 xi- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 17 of Panama : a country study Preface Like its predecessor this study is an attempt to treat in a com pact and objective manner the dominant social political economic and military aspects of contemporary Panama Sources of informa…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 19 of Panama : a country study Country Profile Country Formal Name Republic of Panama Republica de Panama Short Form Panama Term for Citizens Panamanians Capital Panama City Panama Geography Size Approximately 77082 square kilometers Topography Dominant feature of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 20 of Panama : a country study concentrated on Pacific side of divide southwestward from Panama City Climate Tropical climate with high temperatures and humidity year round pleasanter conditions prevailing in highlands and on Pacific side of continental divide…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 21 of Panama : a country study Economy Gross Domestic Product GDP US49 billion in 1985 more than US2000 per capita Growth of GDP estimated at 28 per cent for 1986 demonstrating some economic recovery following very low or…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 22 of Panama : a country study largest on a per capita basis Austerity and structural adjustment programs imposed in 198384 successful in reducing deficit but debt service remained a major burden in the late 1980s Transportation and Communications…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 23 of Panama : a country study courts Public Ministry headed by attorney general acts as state representative within judiciary Politics Political culture traditionally characterized by personal ism personalismo the tendency to give one s political loyalties to an…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 24 of Panama : a country study National Security Armed Forces Panama Defense Forces Fuerzas de Defensa de Panama FDP include military forces police forces and National Guard with total strength of about 15000 Military Units Principally ground forces…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 26 of Panama : a country study xxii 1 1- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 27 of Panama : a country study Introduction PANAMA S HISTORY as well as its presentday social eco nomic and political life has been dominated by the country s significant geographic position Encompassing the lowest and nar rowest portion…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 28 of Panama : a country study other former Spanish colonies Panama s population was over whelmingly Spanishspeaking and Roman Catholic most inhab itants were regarded as mestizos a term that originally referred to those of mixed Spanish and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 29 of Panama : a country study on the Pacific coast Over half of the population and most nonagricultural economic activity were located there In addition to its major influence on social and economic life in Panama the canal…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 30 of Panama : a country study actually signed two treaties on September 7 1977 The first the Panama Canal Treaty abrogated all previous treaties with respect to the canal and transferred legal jurisdiction over the Canal Zone to…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 31 of Panama : a country study strained by growing United States dissatisfaction with Panama s militarydominated political system Panama s failure to establish a democratic form of government was an especially sore point for the United States government…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 32 of Panama : a country study In the late 1970s Torrijos s populist alliance already showed signs of eroding primarily because of the severe economic downturn that had forced Torrijos to retract many of the progressive measures previously…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 33 of Panama : a country study Panamanian people The FDP which traditionally has exhibited strong institutional cohesiveness and loyalty to its commander increasingly has become a formidable power base for enhancing and institutionalizing political control by the FDP…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 34 of Panama : a country study white elite opposition to the black and mestizo masses and FDP as well as a Yankee see Glossary conspiracy to retain United States control of the canal The chain of events in…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 35 of Panama : a country study The evolving crisis took another unexpected turn later in Febru ary 1988 when Panamanian president Delvalle attempted to fire Noriega who then with the solid backing of FDP officers con vened the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 36 of Panama : a country study of the Roman Catholic Church traditionally conservative and previ ously impartial voiced support for the crusade Noriega did not appear to have much support outside the FDP and the official government party…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 37 of Panama : a country study could not be cashed at banks but were widely exchanged in lieu of cash Noriega s successful containment of the violence in Panama defeat of the attempted coup and acquisition of cash…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 38 of Panama : a country study distinction between the elite upper and middleclass business dominated CCN and the masses who had traditionally supported and benefited from FDP rule Noriega played on this mass sus ceptibility to class animosity…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 39 of Panama : a country study appointment of new cabinet members in late April 1988 and the increasingly proCuban and proleftist leanings of the FDP The focus of United States and international attention on Noriega first attempting to…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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Image 40 of Panama : a country study unrepresentative and potentially unstable the economy chaotic and relations with the United States severely strained August 15 1988 As of late March 1989 there had been no major changes in the situation…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Meditz, Sandra W. - Hanratty, Dennis Michael
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About this Item
Title
- Panama : a country study
Names
- Meditz, Sandra W., 1950-
- Hanratty, Dennis Michael, 1950-
- Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1989.
Headings
- - Panama
Notes
- - "Research completed December 1987."
- - Supercedes the 1981 ed. of Panama : a country study, edited by Richard F. Nyrop.
- - Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
- - Previous ed. cataloged under: American University (Washington, D.C.) Foreign Area Studies.
Medium
- xxxix, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F1563 .P323 1989
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 88600486
Online Format
- image
- online text