Fábricas de tabacos en España. Arquitectura industrial y paisajes urbanos
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The publication is the result of the doctoral thesis of architect Carolina Castañeda López, defended on 15 June 2017 at the Polytechnic University of Madrid under the title ‘Tobacco factories in Spain (1731-1945)’. The book under review, published in 2018, compiles part of this research, setting out the results of the detailed analysis of the origins, configuration and repercussions of tobacco factories in Spain; at an architectural, urban and social level. In five major chapters, the work delves into the economic and social importance of the tobacco industry in the past, and how this importance led to the transformation of large buildings, with very different uses, to house this activity.
Author: Álvarez Gallego, Isabel
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7214865324