Verfasst von:	Fernández-Armesto, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	How the Spanish Empire was built
Titelzusatz:	a 400 year history
Mitwirkende:	Lucena Giraldo, Manuel [MitwirkendeR]
Verf.angabe:	Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo
Verlagsort:	London
Verlag:	Reaktion Books
Jahr:	2024
Umfang:	349 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Diagramme
Fussnoten:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
ISBN:	978-1-78914-840-4
Abstract:	Introduction: Making Empire Work -- 1. Enter The Engineers: Amateurs and Professionals in the Making of Infrastructure -- 2. The Oceanic Scaffolding: Maritime Communications -- 3. Making Ways: Landward Communications -- 4. Troubled Waters: Along and Across Internal Waterways -- 5. The Rings Of Stone: Fortifying the Frontiers -- 6. On The Waterfront: Ports and Shipyards -- 7. The Public Sphere: Social and Economic Infrastructure -- 8. Health Infrastructure: Hospitals and Sanitation -- 9. The Missionary Frontier: Missions as Infrastructure -- 10. The Last Century: Engineers in the Aftermath of Empire -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
Schlagwörter:	(g)Spanien    / (s)Großmacht    / (s)Kolonie    / (s)Infrastruktur    / (z)Geschichte
Sprache:	eng
RVK-Notation:	NQ 9440
K10plus-PPN:	1886286310