The Aquatic Metropolis: Urban Design and Environmental Change in Tenochtitlan-Mexico City

For centuries, both the Aztec and the Spanish sought to control catastrophic flooding in Tenochtitlan and later Mexico City, but their responses were about more than just engineering. What might seem like straightforward hydraulic projects emerge, under rigorous examination, as complex intersections of visual cultures and philosophical worldviews about nature and cities.

Blending art history with the histories of cartography, science, technology, and the environment, this book offers a nuanc...