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© 2023 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. INTRODUCTION Women of Silver and Gold 1
  4. CHAPTER 1 The Land of Promise? 22
  5. CHAPTER 2 “A Scandal on the Isthmus” 53
  6. CHAPTER 3 A Moral Battleground 77
  7. CHAPTER 4 Labor in the Domestic “Frontier” 110
  8. CHAPTER 5 The Value of Death 145
  9. CHAPTER 6 Private Honor and Public Lives in Panama City 174
  10. CHAPTER 7 A Female Vanguard 202
  11. CONCLUSION 226
  12. NOTES 231
  13. INDEX 279
  14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 285
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The Silver Women
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. INTRODUCTION Women of Silver and Gold 1
  4. CHAPTER 1 The Land of Promise? 22
  5. CHAPTER 2 “A Scandal on the Isthmus” 53
  6. CHAPTER 3 A Moral Battleground 77
  7. CHAPTER 4 Labor in the Domestic “Frontier” 110
  8. CHAPTER 5 The Value of Death 145
  9. CHAPTER 6 Private Honor and Public Lives in Panama City 174
  10. CHAPTER 7 A Female Vanguard 202
  11. CONCLUSION 226
  12. NOTES 231
  13. INDEX 279
  14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 285
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