La vida de guarnición en las ciudades americanas de la Ilustración

By Juan Marchena Fernández

Subjects: Military towns, Military life, History, Armed Forces, Enlightenment

Description: "Thorough examination of 18th-century Spanish defensive preparations and military construction is based on extensive archival research. Includes appropriate illustrations and maps, and extensive discussions of daily life in the fortified cities. Also examines financial costs of the large-scale defense systems"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.