From Colonies to Countries in the North Caribbean
This publication explores how military engineers in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico reshaped the physical landscape for imperial reasons, laying the foundations for colonial development, and highlights the role of military engineers in articulating new American countries.
The Wooden Carpentry of Roofs in Mediterranean Antiquity
The truss is an extremely efficient structure that has gone through the centuries almost unchanged. But when was it born? This is the first book to address this question, tracing the evolution of roof carpentry that led to the invention across the whole of Antiquity.