Ciencia Y Técnica En La Metropolización De América

Engaging, three-part interpretive study of science and engineering in the colonial period. Pt. 1 emphasizes Mexico City aqueducts and storm drainage, pt. 2, the work of architect Constantino Vasconcelos in Lima, and pt. 3, the scientific projects of Maurice of Nassau in Olinda in the period of Dutch control –Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.