Constructing Mexico City: Colonial Conflicts over Culture, Space, and Authority examines the spatial, material, and cultural dimensions of life in eighteenth-century Mexico City, through programs that colonial leaders created to renovate and reshape urban environments.

Autorentext
SHARON BAILEY GLASCO is Assistant Professor of History and History Department Chair at Linfield College, USA.

Inhalt
Splendor and Misery in the Viceregal Capital: The Physical and Material Environment of Mexico City Restoring Order Out of Chaos: Garbage Collection in Theory and Practice Mastery Over the Streets: Drainage, Street Paving, and Renovation of Urban Space A Basic Necessity: Public Access to and Uses of Potable Water