Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History
- ISBN-10
- 0313333548
- ISBN-13
- 9780313333545
- Category
- Reference / Encyclopedias
- Pages
- 937
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Authors
- Frank Paul Davidson, Kathleen Lusk-Brooke
Description
An encyclopedia of the history and importance of the most iconic engineering structures in world history
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