Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Place Names and Measures -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Research Questions -- 2 The Geography -- 3 The Period -- 4 Book Structure -- Chapter 1 Transport Systems and the Southwest -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transport Technologies -- 3 Transport...

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