Efforts at reconstruction were set back through a fire in 1691.
On the whole, the book takes an economic approach to looking at reconstruction.
It is the first step on what, even in the most positive scenarios, will be an extremely difficult path at reconstruction.
Perhaps the current efforts at reconstruction will lead to those happy results.
Most data from before the 20th century comes from more recent attempts at reconstruction, which is the specialty of new economic history.
But that money is aimed at long-term reconstruction rather than the government's immediate expenses.
Despite attempts at reconstruction, approximately 50% of the papyrus remains missing.
He said most of the American aid would be aimed at reconstruction, rather than emergency food and medicines.
It appeared as if a tornado had swept through the room several years previously with no subsequent effort at reconstruction.
Laney wondered why there had been no attempt at reconstruction.