The Great Wall of China
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The Great Wall of China
Powerhouse Pub., 2006
- : pbk
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A joint project of the National Museum of China, Beijing, and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
"Published in conjunction with the Great Wall of China: dragon, dynasties, and warriors exhibition, Powerhouse Museum 28 Sept. 2006 - 25 Feb. 2007, Melbourne Museum 23 Mar. - 22 July 2007"--T.p. verso
Published in association with the China Heritage Project, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University
Bibliography: p. 282-286
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Recent discoveries suggest that construction of defensive walls in northern China began about 688 BC. Today, the dragon-like walls that follow the mountain ridges and valleys north of Beijing were built during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and are immediately recognised by people around the world as 'The Great Wall of China'. Divided into six major themes, The Great Wall of China includes twelve essays by authors from China, Australia and the US and six moving interviews with people living along the Wall. The essays explore the social, cultural, technological, architectural and military histories of the walls as well as the contemporary significance of 'The Great Wall of China' as a heritage and tourism phenomenon and its role in popular culture today.
Table of Contents
- 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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