Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prelude:April 15, 1856 1
5. Introduction: In the Archive of Loose Leaves 4
6. Chapter 1. California in Panama 16
7. Chapter 2. The Panama Railroad and the Conquest of the Gold Rush 54
8. Chapter 3. Sovereignty on the Isthmus 84
9. Chapter 4.“We Are Not in the United States Here” 123
10. Chapter 5.U.S. Empire and the Boundaries of Latin America 152
11. Conclusion: Conversations in the Museum of History 184
12. Coda:With Dust in Our Eyes 200
13. Notes 205
14. Bibliography 231
15. Index 243