UID:
almahu_9949881056102882
Format:
1 online resource (369 pages)
ISBN:
9780226591315 (e-book)
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Long, Pamela O. Engineering the Eternal City : infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in late sixteenth-century Rome. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2018 ISBN 9780226543796
Language:
English
Keywords:
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