Historical Dictionary of Panama

Thomas M. Leonard is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of North Florida where he taught Latin American Studies and United States foreign policy for thirty years. He initiated and directed the College of Arts and Sciences International Studies Program. He also lectured at Beijing International Studies University, University of Warsaw, Universidad de Mayor (Chile), Univeridad Nacional de Honduras and the Institute for Advanced Studies (Mexico).

• Editor’s Foreword, Jon WoronoffAcknowledgmentsReader’s NoteAcronymsAbbreviationsGlossaryMapChronologyIntroductionThe DictionaryAppendix I. Hay – Bunau-Varilla Treaty, 1903Appendix II. Constitution of Panama, 1904Appendix III. Panamanian Heads of StateBibliographyAbout the Author

Leonard—historian and veteran editor of Latin American reference sources—has compiled a historical dictionary that covers the country's geography and its political and economic history. Most of the volume's more than 500 entries are current and concise. The dictionary includes a chronology and a lengthy bibliography that will be helpful to astute researchers. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced students through faculty.