Dreaming of dry land :: environmental transformation in colonial Mexico City /

Not long after the conquest, the City of Mexico's rise to become the crown jewel in the Spanish empire was compromised by the lakes that surrounded it. Their increasing propensity to overflow destroyed wealth and alarmed urban elites, who responded with what would become the most transformative...

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Main Author: Candiani, Vera S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Not long after the conquest, the City of Mexico's rise to become the crown jewel in the Spanish empire was compromised by the lakes that surrounded it. Their increasing propensity to overflow destroyed wealth and alarmed urban elites, who responded with what would become the most transformative and protracted drainage project in the early modern America-the Desagüe de Huehuetoca. Hundreds of technicians, thousands of indigenous workers, and millions of pesos were marshaled to realize a complex system of canals, tunnels, dams, floodgates, and reservoirs. Vera S. Candiani's Dream.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804791076
0804791074

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