Engineering the Eternal City : infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixt...
Engineering the Eternal City : infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixt...
Engineering the Eternal City : infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixteenth-century Rome / Pamela O. Long.
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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G 2019/0199
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Rome: portrait of the late sixteenth-century city -- Troubled waters: the Tiber River -- The streets and sewers of Rome -- Repairing the Acqua Vergine: conflict and process -- Contested infrastructure -- Roman topography and images of the city -- Maps, guidebooks, and the world of prin...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the "engineering pope" Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds of archival documents and primary sources, Engineering the Eternal City explores the processes...
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Full title
Engineering the Eternal City : infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixteenth-century Rome / Pamela O. Long.
Portion of title
Infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixteenth-century Rome
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-350) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0199
Record Identifier
74VKV0vN5ekA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0vN5ekA
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ISBN
9780226591285 paperback alkaline paper
022659128X paperback alkaline paper
9780226543796 hardcover alkaline paper
022654379X hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
307.34160945632031
MMS ID
991024224102002626
