Architecture and Design of Latin America and the Caribbean

Examines the trade and production of textiles in the Pacific region, extending from the tip of Northeast Asia to the other end of South America and Australia, and explores the role of textiles in linking up the economies across the Pacific before the 19th century as well as the role of textile manufacturing and trade in the early stage of industrialization for most of the developing Pacific economies after the 19th century. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Explores the colonial period's enhanced architectural investment--its successes, its failures, and the conflicts it provoked globally. Topics include fire and building permanence in 18th-century Japan and England; and colonial architecture in the Philippines, the Pacific Coast of North America, China, Jamaica, Peru, South Carolina, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Australia. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).