A US-governed strip through the middle of a country.
Zone abolished 1 October 1979 under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties; the canal handed over 31 December 1999.
The building of the canal and the US-governed Zone carved through Panama (broad context for the Zone).
Tells the financial and political story of how the United States carved Panama and the Canal Zone out of Colombia.
A 2024 historical novel set in 1907 during the construction of the Panama Canal, following West Indian laborers and locals whose lives the Canal Zone reshaped.