The Great Great Wall Along the Borders of History from China to Mexico
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"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 thewall, 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 mostjaded 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 theirfoundational myths and current realities." -Carrie Gibson, author of
El Norte
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 thewall, 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 mostjaded 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 theirfoundational myths and current realities." -Carrie Gibson, author of
El Norte
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