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The Great Great Wall

Author : Ian Volner
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 168335530X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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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

The Great Wall

Author : Julia Lovell
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 155584832X
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall written by Julia Lovell and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “gripping, colorful” history of China’s Great Wall that explores the conquests and cataclysms of the empire from 1000 BC to the present day (Publishers Weekly). Over two thousand years old, the Great Wall of China is a symbolic and physical dividing line between the civilized Chinese and the “barbarians” at their borders. Historian Julia Lovell looks behind the intimidating fortification and its mythology to uncover a complex history far more fragmented and less illustrious that its crowds of visitors imagine today. Lovell’s story winds through the lives of the millions of individuals who built and attacked it, and recounts how succeeding dynasties built sections of the wall as defenses against the invading Huns, Mongols, and Turks, and how the Ming dynasty, in its quest to create an empire, joined the regional ramparts to make what the Chinese call the “10,000 Li” or the “long wall.” An epic that reveals the true history of a nation, The Great Wall is “a supremely inviting entrée to the country” and essential reading for anyone who wants to understand China’s past, present, and future (Booklist).

The Great Wall

Author : William Lindesay
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402731600
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall written by William Lindesay and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is arguably the greatest feat of civil engineering in history, and indisputably earth s largest single cultural relic: begun during the Qin Dynasty (around 208 BC) and completed nearly 1,800 years later during the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall of China spans more than 4,000 miles. At the dawn of the Beijing Olympics, the eyes of all the world are upon it. Two men who navigated every inch of the Wall have collaborated on a lavishly-illustrated tribute to this amazing structure. Michael Yamashita, an award-winning "National Geographic" photographer, spent a year shooting the Wall, its environs, and the people who live in its shadow, for the magazine. One hundred and sixty of his magnificent photos grace this volume, which features text by William Lindesay, who not only conducts tours of the Wall and spearheads the movement to preserve it, but has actually run its entire length. Broken into three sections, "The Great Wall" provides an overview that debunks myths and dishes up rare facts and figures, a comprehensive history that proceeds dynasty by dynasty through its construction, and an account of Lindesay s personal experiences of the Wall."

The Great Wall Of China

Author : Leonard Everett Fisher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689801785
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall Of China written by Leonard Everett Fisher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief history of the Great Wall of China, begun about 2,200 years ago to keep out Mongol invaders.

Where Is the Great Wall?

Author : Patricia Brennan Demuth
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 069819893X
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Where Is the Great Wall? written by Patricia Brennan Demuth and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname--the longest cemetery on earth. Through the story of the wall, Patricia Brennan Demuth is able to tell the story of China itself, the rise and fall of dynasties, the greatness of its culture, and its present-day status as a Communist world power.

The Great Wall

Author : Elizabeth Mann
Publisher : Mikaya Press
ISBN 13 : 1931414416
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall written by Elizabeth Mann and published by Mikaya Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the building of the Great Wall of China and the thousands of years of conflict that preceded it.

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

Author : Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545510333
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu written by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Wu, aspiring basketball star and interior designer, is on the verge of having the best year of her life. She's ready to rule the school as a sixth grader, go out for captain of the school basketball team, and take over the bedroom she has always shared with her sister. In an instant, though, her plans are shattered when she finds out that Yi Po, her beloved grandmother's sister, is coming to visit for several months -- and is staying in Lucy's room. Lucy's vision of a perfect year begins to crumble, and in its place come an unwelcome roommate, foiled birthday plans, a bully who tries to scare Lucy off the basketball team, and Chinese school with the annoying know-it-all Talent Chang. Lucy's year is ruined -- or is it? A wonderfully funny, warm, and heartfelt tale about the ways life often reveals silver linings in the most unexpected of clouds.

The Great Wall of China

Author : Claire Roberts
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall of China written by Claire Roberts and published by Lund Humphries Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint project of the National Museum of China, Beijing, and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

The Great Wall of China

Author : Arthur Waldron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131626453X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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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 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.

Alone on the Great Wall

Author : William Lindesay
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alone on the Great Wall written by William Lindesay and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published by Hodder & Stoughton in Great Britain, 1989"--T.p. verso.

The Great Wall - The Official Movie Novelization

Author : Mark Morris
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 1785652990
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall - The Official Movie Novelization written by Mark Morris and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within The Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of our world. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism as he joins a huge army of elite warriors to confront this unimaginable and seemingly unstoppable force.

The Great Wall of Money

Author : Eric Helleiner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801454662
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall of Money written by Eric Helleiner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an economic superpower, China has become an increasingly important player in the international monetary system. Its foreign exchange reserves are the largest in the world and its exchange rate policy has become a major subject of international economic diplomacy. The internationalization of the renminbi (RMB) raises critical questions in international policy circles: What kinds of power is China acquiring in international monetary relations? What are the priorities of the Chinese government? What explains its preferences? In The Great Wall of Money, a distinguished group of contributors addresses these questions from distinct perspectives, revealing the extent to which China’s choices, and global monetary affairs, will be shaped by internal political factors and affect world politics. The RMB is a likely competitor for the dollar in the next couple of decades; its emergence as an important international currency would have substantial effects on the balance of power between the United States and China. By illuminating the politics of China’s international monetary relations, this book provides a timely account of the global economy, the role of the renminbi in international relations, and the trajectory of China’s continuing ascendency in the coming decades.

The Great Wall of China

Author : Nancy Ohlin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1499805020
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall of China written by Nancy Ohlin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to blast back to the past and learn all about the Great Wall of China! When people think about the Great Wall of China, that massive structure is likely to come to mind. But why did they build the wall in the first place, and how is it even still standing? This engaging nonfiction book, complete with black and white interior illustrations, will make readers feel like they've traveled back in time. It covers everything from how the Wall was built to what life in China was like at that time, and more. Find out interesting, little-known facts such as how working on the wall was often a form of punishment, and how the wall is so long it could wrap around the world twice! The unique details along with the clever and humorous interior illustrations make this series stand out from the competition.

The Great Wall: The Art of the Film

Author : Abbie Bernstein
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 178565327X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall: The Art of the Film written by Abbie Bernstein and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Wall: The Art of the Film chronicles the making of this landmark East-meets-West production, accompanied by insight and interviews with key cast and crew, including a foreword by the director. This official companion book takes an in-depth look at the artwork and design of this extraordinary film. It explores the intricate inner workings of the wall and its arsenal of weaponry, designs of The Nameless Order’s livery, blueprints of key locations and vivid concept art of the terrifying monsters created for the movie in lush detail. Packed with fascinating storyboards, sketches, final film frames and behind-the-scenes shots from the set, The Great Wall: The Art of the Film is a stunning celebration of an epic movie that no fan should miss. © 2016 LEGENDARY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

The Great Wall Revisited

Author : William Lindesay
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674031494
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall Revisited written by William Lindesay and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "William Lindsey has spent three years travelling 35,000 km across North China, reconstructing vintage photographs - the earliest dating from 1871 - by retaking new images from the same viewpoints"-- OhioLink.

A Great Wall

Author : Patrick Tyler
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1586486225
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book A Great Wall written by Patrick Tyler and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as "absorbing" by the New York Times and "suspense-filled" by Foreign Affairs, Patrick Tyler's A Great Wall became an instant classic; a must-read for anyone concerned with the complicated and combative relationship between the world's biggest and the world's most powerful nations. And no one could tell this story better than Patrick Tyler, veteran journalist and former Beijing bureau chief of the New York Times. Using brilliant original reporting from his years in China; interviews with presidents, secretaries of state, Chinese officials, and other key leaders; and 15,000 pages of newly declassified documents, Tyler illuminates a relationship usually shrouded in secrecy, miscommunication, rivalry, fascination, and fear. A Great Wall is essential reading for anyone interested in China and anyone concerned with the shifting dynamics of post-Cold War geopolitics.

The Great Wall Through Time

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744063809
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall Through Time written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel through time on an exhilarating expedition to China’s most famous landmark! The Great Wall of China is one of the world’s most intriguing, well-known treasures. Spanning 2,700 years and over 13,000 miles long, embark on the fascinating tale of how the Great Wall was built and how it became one of the greatest man-made projects of all time. This thrilling children’s book about this fascinating structure will leave you with newfound knowledge and appreciation for this amazing world wonder. It includes: • Exquisitely detailed panoramic artworks that show how the Great Wall of China has changed from one era to the next — from the first defensive forts created in 656 BCE to the 13,000 mile-long monument still standing today • Cutaway views that reveal the interior of forts and buildings • Every illustration is surrounded by pull-out details for children to look at, drawing them into the picture and making the book fun and interactive • Lively, engaging narrative text and simple annotations that guide children on a journey through time This informative book educates young readers about how the Great Wall was built and showcases the people that help build it. The wall, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, started as a frontier defense against northern tribesmen and over the eras evolved to become the dynamic landmark that it is today. This educational history book also contains exceptional cutaway views revealing the interiors of important buildings, and pull-out details introducing fascinating facts and key characters. The time-traveling fox who appears in the artwork will have children inquisitively searching for the charming fox throughout the book. This makes for the perfect gift or collector’s item for children age 7 and up to learn about the Great Wall of China and its history. It is also perfect for parents looking for books on Chinese history to read with their children, and those planning on visiting the Great Wall of China who want to learn more about the landmark before or after their trip.