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The Great Wall / John Man.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bantam Press, 2008.Description: 335 pages [32] pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0593055756
  • 9780593055755
  • 0593055748
  • 9780593055748
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951 22
LOC classification:
  • DS793.G67 M36 2008
Other classification:
  • K928.71
Contents:
pt. I. Earth -- 1. The First Emperor's Less-than-Great Wall -- 2. The Wall's Everywoman -- 3. A Threat from the North -- 4. War over the Wall -- 5. The Wall Goes West -- 6. Wall-hunt in the Gobi -- 7. The Concubine and the Barbarian -- 8. Losing the Lost Legion -- 9. A Grassland Mystery -- pt. II. Stone -- 10. The Coming of the Mongols -- 11. Disaster at Tumu -- 12. To the Ordos, and Beyond -- 13. Guarding the Way West -- 14. The Centre Ground -- 15. Climbing around Beijing -- 16. The End of the Wall, the End of the Ming -- 17. The Wall Reborn -- Appendix. Dates and Dynasties.
Summary: The Great Wall is the most famous of China's monuments. Everyone has seen pictures of the line of stone snaking over mountains. Millions every year take the five mile journey from Beijing to climb its battlements. But what do we really know about the Great Wall? Many myths surround the wall.
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Cover subtitle: The extraordinary history of China's wonder of th world.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.

pt. I. Earth -- 1. The First Emperor's Less-than-Great Wall -- 2. The Wall's Everywoman -- 3. A Threat from the North -- 4. War over the Wall -- 5. The Wall Goes West -- 6. Wall-hunt in the Gobi -- 7. The Concubine and the Barbarian -- 8. Losing the Lost Legion -- 9. A Grassland Mystery -- pt. II. Stone -- 10. The Coming of the Mongols -- 11. Disaster at Tumu -- 12. To the Ordos, and Beyond -- 13. Guarding the Way West -- 14. The Centre Ground -- 15. Climbing around Beijing -- 16. The End of the Wall, the End of the Ming -- 17. The Wall Reborn -- Appendix. Dates and Dynasties.

The Great Wall is the most famous of China's monuments. Everyone has seen pictures of the line of stone snaking over mountains. Millions every year take the five mile journey from Beijing to climb its battlements. But what do we really know about the Great Wall? Many myths surround the wall.

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