Anchoring an Empire: Gender and Ethnicity in Colonial Panama. By Bethany Aram. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. 244. 120, Hardback.

Key Points

• This work examines the intersection of gender and ethnicity within the context of colonial Panama, aiming to understand power relations.
• Historical analysis of colonial documents and records
• Examination of gender roles and ethnic identities
• Contextualization within broader imperial dynamics
• Highlights the complexities of gender and ethnicity in colonial governance
• Demonstrates how these factors influenced social hierarchies
• Reveals the implications for modern understandings of cultural identity in Panama