Engineering the Eternal City infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixteenth-century Rome / Pamela O. Long.

Author/creator Long, Pamela O.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Descriptionxi, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
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Portion of title Infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixteenth-century Rome
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 print -- Reforming the streets -- Engineering spectacle and urban reality -- Conclusion: a city in transition.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-350) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018019731
ISBN9780226543796 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226591285 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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