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Author : Vivian Rowe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Wall of France written by Vivian Rowe and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Waldron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131626453X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Wall of China written by Arthur Waldron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-07-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full scholarly study of the Great Wall of China to appear in any language, and it challenges many deeply held ideas about Chinese history. Drawing both on primary sources and on the latest archaeology, the book first demonstrates that the standard account of the Great Wall is untrue and misleading and then presents a convincing new account. It begins by tracing the various walls and systems of frontier defences that existed in early Chinese history, and shows how the greatest of these achieved a mythical symbolic stature which long survived the Wall itself. A striking concluding chapter traces how the true history of the Wall was lost in the early twentieth century as it was gradually transformed into a Chinese national symbol explained through historical myth. The book is an important contribution to the history of China's defensive policy, and her ideological attitudes, and will be of interest both to students of Chinese history and of international relations in the pre-modern world.
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Publisher : Artisan Books
ISBN 13 : 9781579653019
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)
Download or read book Beyond the Great Wall written by and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects recipes from in and around China including Hani chile-garlic paste, ham sesame coils, Lhasa beef and potato stew, and tomato bell pepper salad.
Author : Ian Volner
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 168335530X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Great Wall written by Ian Volner and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Timely and highly readable . . . provides a valuable backdrop to Donald Trump’s insistence on a barrier across America’s southern border.” —Robert Dallek, presidential historian During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump’s signature promises was that he would build a “great great wall” on the border between the US and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it. Now, with only a few prototype segments erected, the wall is the 2,000-mile, multibillion-dollar elephant in the room of contemporary American life. In The Great Great Wall, architectural historian and critic Ian Volner takes a fascinating look at the barriers that we have built over millennia. Traveling far afield, to China, the Middle East, Europe, and along the U.S. Mexico border, Volner examines famous, contentious, and illuminating structures, and explores key questions: Why do we build walls? What do they reveal about human history? What happens after they go up? With special attention to Trump’s wall and the walls that exist along the US border already, this is an absorbing, smart, and timely book on an incredibly contentious and newsworthy topic. “A work of literary alchemy that transmutes the wall, a simple architectural structure, and of late, political metaphor, into a prism through which to view the panorama of human history . . . this book will amaze, delight, and enchant even the most jaded nonfiction aficionado.” —William J. Bernstein, award-winning author of The Delusions of Crowds “A global journey to some of history’s most significant walls—China, Berlin, and even Jericho—weaving together a fascinating account of their foundational myths and current realities.” —Carrie Gibson, author of El Norte
Author : Narayan Changder
Publisher : CHANGDER OUTLINE
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book THE GREAT WALL written by Narayan Changder and published by CHANGDER OUTLINE. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Embark on an ancient journey with 'The Great Wall,' an illuminating MCQ book that unravels the history, engineering marvels, and cultural significance of this iconic fortification. Navigate through a collection of engaging multiple-choice questions (MCQs) that explore the monumental achievements, strategic purpose, and enduring legacy of The Great Wall. Tailored for history enthusiasts, students, and those captivated by feats of architecture, this MCQ guide offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the world's most impressive structures. Scale the heights of knowledge, traverse the pages of history, and download your copy now to embark on a captivating journey through 'The Great Wall.'"
Author : J. E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1848840683
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Maginot Line written by J. E. Kaufmann and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Maginot Line, the complex system of strongpoints constructed between the world wars by the French to protect against attack from Germany, is one of the most famous, extensive and controversial defensive schemes in all military history. It stretched from Belgium to Switzerland, and from Switzerland to the Mediterranean, and it represented the most advanced and ambitious system of static defenses of its time. Much of this historic line -- with its fortresses, artillery positions, barbed-wire networks, casemates, concrete bunkers -- has survived and can be visited today ... The strategic thinking that gave rise to this enormous feat of military engineering is described, as is the planning, design, and construction of the line -- and its operational history. Each of the key sites is described in detail, and visitor information and plans are provided"--Jacket.
Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1936-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Author : J. E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811733953
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fortress France written by J. E. Kaufmann and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the gun-bearing fortifications and coastal defenses of France created between the world wars and challenges the premise that the defeat of France in World War II was the result of a misplaced reliance on the Maginot Line for its defense.
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Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 075705160X
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean written by and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** OVER 210,000 WEST POINT MILITARY HISTORY SERIES SETS IN PRINT *** From the prewar development of the German war machine to the ultimate victory of the Allied coalition, here is an in-depth analysis of the battles that raged on the Western and Eastern Fronts. It examines the major strategies, the innovative tactics, and the new generation of weapons—along with the people who used them.
Author : David Frye
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501172719
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Walls written by David Frye and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)—walls—and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed—to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves—rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia's steppes; learn of bizarre Spartan rituals; watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes; witness the epic siege of Constantinople; chill at the fate of French explorers; marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line; tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin; gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty; and contemplate the wall mania of our own era. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as “provocative, well-written, and—with walls rising everywhere on the planet—timely,” Walls gradually reveals the startling ways that barriers have affected our psyches. The questions this book summons are both intriguing and profound: Did walls make civilization possible? And can we live without them? Find out in this masterpiece of historical recovery and preeminent storytelling.
