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BL
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| Record Number
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635475
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| Main Entry
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Candiani, Vera S.
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| Title & Author
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Dreaming of dry land : : environmental transformation in colonial Mexico City /\ Vera S. Candiani
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| Page. NO
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xxix, 376 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780804788052
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: 0804788057
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| Notes
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Includes index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Living in a fluid landscape -- Dreaming of dry land -- The trench of misfortunes -- To serve the city in desagüe country -- All the king's men -- A show of patriotism at the end of the trench -- Toward waterless and dry ground -- Deep colonizing
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Drainage-- Mexico-- Mexico, Valley of-- History-- 17th century
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Flood control-- Mexico-- Mexico, Valley of-- History-- 17th century
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Hydraulic engineering-- Mexico-- Mexico, Valley of-- History-- 17th century
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Public works-- Mexico-- Mexico, Valley of-- History-- 17th century
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Human ecology-- Mexico-- Mexico, Valley of-- History-- 17th century
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Land use-- Mexico-- Mexico, Valley of-- History-- 17th century
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Mexico, History, Spanish colony, 1540-1810
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| LC Classification
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TC978.M6C36 2014
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