Pedro M Alonso

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, ...

As the byproduct of the Cold War, the space race produced a considerable number of objects disseminated in networks, not only in the East and West but also in the global South – rockets, launching pads, satellite tracking stations, astronomical observatories, and several other pieces of design, mach...

The explosion of digital information and communication technologies has influenced almost every aspect of contemporary life. Diasporas in the New Media Age is the first book-length examination of the social use of these technologies by emigrants and diasporas around the world. The eighteen original ...

El marino y estibador, Pedro Niño, fue miembro de una importante familia de navegantes, los Niño de Moguer. Participaron activamente en el descubrimiento y aportaron un nave, la niña. Peralonso fue el piloto de la Santamaría en el descubrimiento y luego acompañó a Colón en muchos viajes.Por su cuent...

Although largely marginal within official accounts of modern architecture, during the second half of the twentieth century the development of large concrete panel systems was central to debates about architecture's modernisation and industrialisation. Through this development, not only was construct...

Description of the Kingdom of New Spain of 1774 is a rare, exciting, and colorful addition to the field of Hispanic literature. The original Spanish text, entitled Idea compendiosa del Reyno de Nueva España, is here translated into English and brings to the reader many historical and social aspects ...

This publication accompanying the Chilean contribution to the Venice Biennale 2014 documents a milestone of modern architecture: an original concrete panel produced for prefab housing, donated to Chile in 1971 by the Soviet Union, and later the subject of much controversy.

PABLO ALONSO DE AVECILLA España 1810 - 1860