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The Great Wall, China Against the World, 1000 BC - 2000 AD
by Julia Lovell
- HISTORY
- 2007
- PAPER
- 412 PAGES
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The who, why and wherefore of the Great Wall, this marvelous history demolishes myths (no, the wall is not a continuous structure of great antiquity, much of it was built in the 1600s) with fresh insight and wit. A professor at Cambridge and translator, Lovell uses the Chinese tendency for wall-building and xenophobia as a metaphor and vehicle to understand Chinese history and character.
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