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The great great wall, along the borders of history from China to Mexico, Ian Volner

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The great great wall, along the borders of history from China to Mexico, Ian Volner
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The great great wall
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Ian Volner
Sub title
along the borders of history from China to Mexico
Summary
An architectural historian takes a deep dive into the story of Trump's wall and examines famous walls from throughout human history and what they reveal about us
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- The invention of difference. Jericho ; Conquest -- Border as forge. Hadrian ; Empire -- Unstable walls. China ; Crisis -- The art of the wall-able. Thiers ; Reaction -- Constructing the normal. Berlin ; Takeover -- The return of them. West Bank ; Control -- The way of all walls
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