The Birth of Physical Anthropology in Late Imperial Portugal
In this article I analyze the emergence of the field of physical anthropology in the metropolitan academic sphere of the Portuguese Empire during the late nineteenth century. I suggest that Portugal’s relatively peripheral position combined with a complex internal conjuncture of political instability and economic impotence gave early Portuguese physical anthropology a less explicitly “colonial” orientation than in other, more central Western European imperial powers. I describe the various national and international exchanges leading to the birth of this naturalist anthropological tradition at the University of Coimbra, drawing particular attention to the foundational role played by the technological assemblage of large osteological collections aimed at the study of the somatic characteristics of the metropolitan “white” population. I situate these technical developments in the context of wider sociocultural and politico-economic processes of both “nation building” and “empire building.” These processes had a strong effect on the kinds of questions asked and the kinds of answers that seemed compelling and acceptable to early physical anthropologists.
Contribution à l'Histoire de l'Anthropologie Physique au Portugal
Res_por:Este trabalho apresenta os autores, as obras e os pontos essenciais que marcam o inicio e o desenvolvimento futuro dos diversos aspectos da Antropologia Fisica em Portugal. Estuda 
nomeadamente o desenvolvimento da Antropologia Fisica nas tres principais cidades universitarias portuguesas: Lisboa, Coimbra e Porto. Aborda tambem o problema da Antropologia aplicada, mais precisamente da antropologia criminal e da antropologia escolar. A ultima parte foi consagrada a antropologia colonial.
Great American Bridges and Dams
Bridges: Spanning the Nation. Dams: Controlling a Precious Resource. Saving Bridges and Dams. Guide to the Guide. THE BRIDGES AND DAMS. New England. Mid-Atlantic. South. Midwest. Southwest. West. Epilogue: The Ones That Got Away. Further Reading. Information Sources. Index.