The Great Wall : A Cultural History.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Selected Chronology -- On Names -- Prologue: On Origins -- 1. A Unity of Gaps -- 2. Aspirations of Immortality -- 3. Between History and Legend -- 4. A Garden of Forking Paths -- 5. Another Brick in the Wall -- 6. A Very Queer Thing -- Epilogue: Return to Origins -- Appendix: Getting There -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Great Wall of China (China)-History. China-Civilization.