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Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall of China consists of 13 essays divided into 6 themes on various aspects of the Walls. There is no single Wall but a series of smaller walls - the oldest is dated 688 BC, but the main construction was happening in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The book considers the Walls from historical, defensive, conservationist and touristic perspectives. It accompanies an exhibition held in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. The text combines scholarly and accessible essays with interviews of local people's experience of the Walls.
Contents: Forewords; Map; Timeline 1; Timeline 2; Chinese Dynasties; Great Walls of China; Introduction; China's Most Famous Ruin; The Great Tourist Icon; www.greatwall.com.cn; The Great Walls of China; Walls as Heritage; Living with the Past; Workings of the Wall; Manning the Wall: Qi Jiguang; The Emperor's Call North; The Material Cultures of the Walls; Delimited Boundaries: An Overview of Great Wall Studies in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-First Centuries; Barbarian Walls; Mother Earth; The Great Wall Embodied; Mapping for the Kingdom; Inside Out; The Porous Wall; Prince Gong's Folly; Steaming through the Wall; Getting to the Great Wall; Bibliography; Glossary; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; About the Museums; Picture credits.
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