How the Spanish empire was built: a 400 year history

Introduction: making empire work

Enter the engineers: amateurs and professionals in the making of infrastructure

The oceanic scaffolding: maritime communications

Making ways: landward communications

Troubled waters: along and across internal waterways

The rings of stone: fortifying the frontiers

On the waterfront: ports and shipyards

The public sphere: social and economic infrastructure

Health infrastructure: hospitals and sanitation

The missionary frontier: missions as infrastructure

The last century: engineers in the aftermath of empire.