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100 1 $aLovell, Julia,$d1975-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002063651
245 14 $aThe Great Wall :$bChina against the world, 1000 BC-AD 2000 /$cJulia Lovell.
246 10 $aChina against the world, 1000 BC-AD 2000
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bGrove Press ;$a[Berkeley, Calif.] :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axvii, 412 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: Great Britain : Atlantic Books, 2006.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-406) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : who made the Great Wall of China? -- $g1.$tWhy walls? -- $g2.$tThe long wall -- $g3.$tHan Walls : plus ca change -- $g4.$tShifting frontiers and decadent barbarians -- $g5.$tChina reunited -- $g6.$tWithout walls : the Chinese frontiers expand -- $g7.$tThe return of the barbarians -- $g8.$tA case of open and shut : the early Ming frontier -- $g9.$tThe wall goes up -- $g10.$tThe great fall of China -- $g11.$tHow Barbarians made the Great Wall -- $g12.$tTranslating the Great Wall into Chinese -- $tConclusion : the Great Wall, the great mall and the great firewall -- $gApp. 1.$tPrincipal characters -- $gApp. 2.$tChronology of dynasties -- $gApp. 3.$tSignificant dates in Chinese history and wall-building.
520 1 $a"Legendarily 2,200 years old and 4,300 miles long, the Great Wall of China seems to make an overwhelmingly confident physical statement about the country it spans: about China's age-old sense of itself being an advanced civilization anxious to draw a clear line between itself and the "barbarians" at its borders. But behind the wall's intimidating exterior - and the myths that have built up around it - is a complex history that has both defined and undermined China. Author Julia Lovell has written a new and important history of the Great Wall that guides the reader through the conquests and cataclysms of the Chinese empire, from the second millennium B.C. to the present day." "The Great Wall is a tale that stretches over two millennia as it follows the rise and fall of the great Chinese ruling dynasties. Full of astonishing details and extraordinary characters - from emperors to engineers, statesmen, to soldiers - this is essential reading for anyone wino wants to understand China's past, present, and future."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aGreat Wall of China (China)$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009126067
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