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050 00 $aDS793.G67$bL5654 2003
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100 1 $aLindesay, William.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91046446
245 14 $aThe Great Wall /$cWilliam Lindesay.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2003.
300 $avi, 94 pages :$billustrations (some color), map ;$c20 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aImages of Asia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 89-90) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: On Uniqueness, Definitions, and Greatness -- $g2.$tWall Building: A Component of Border Defence Policy -- $g3.$tThe Great Walls: Pre-Twelfth-Century Structures -- $g4.$tThe Mongols and the Ming Dynasty Great Wall -- $g5.$tWall Construction -- $g6.$tThe Wall in Operation -- $g7.$tConservation: Mao Zedong and Modern Attack.
520 1 $a"Since appearing on European-produced maps over 400 years ago, the Great Wall has captured and held the imagination of the West. There can be few people whose first literary encounters with the Wall have not included the dubious 'fact' that the Wall could be seen from the moon, while earlier generations were informed that if dismantled and rebuilt at the equator. It could actually circle the globe twice." "The Great Wall, an accessible and thoroughly researched book, cuts through the myths to capture what the author calls 'the essence of the Great Wall's greatness' the fact that it is the only historical feature to appear on contemporary maps of the world filled with new information, much of it the result of the author's own painstaking research, this volume charts the development of the Wall over many centuries and dynasties, explores who built it and why, and recounts its past and present uses, as well as bringing the reader up to date with the results of recent discoveries, explorations, and conservation efforts."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aGreat Wall of China (China)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057016
830 0 $aImages of Asia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84720582
852 00 $beal$hDS793.G67$iL5654 2003