The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth (Canto Book) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Great Wall of China Arthur Waldron reveals that the notion of an ancient and continuously existing Great Wall, is in fact a myth.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 April 1992
- Format: Paperback 316 pages
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- Categories: Regional Studies | General & World History | Asian History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780521427074 ISBN 10: 052142707X
- Sales rank: 1,311,276
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Full description for The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is renowned as one of the most impressive and intriguing man-made structures on earth. It is also the subject of an awesome mythology, embedded in both learned and popular imaginations, which has grown up and now obscured the historical record. Even the maps which chart the Wall's position offer erroneous accounts of a phenomenon which has never been accurately surveyed. Arthur Waldron reveals that the notion of an ancient and continuously existing Great Wall, one of modern China's national symbols and a legend in the eyes of the West, is in fact a myth. His fascinating account reveals the strategic and political context for the decision to build walls as fortified defences, and explores its profound implications for nomadic and agricultural life under the Ming dynasty. Taking up the insights offered into more recent Chinese politics, the book concludes with a searching investigation of the Wall's new meanings in the myths - departing from that history - fostered in our own century.
