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The Great Great Wall

The Great Great Wall

Along the Borders of History from China to Mexico

by Ian Volner
Hardback
Publication Date: 28/05/2019

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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.

A year and a half into his term, 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.

ISBN:
9781419732829
9781419732829
Category:
Architecture
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
28-05-2019
Publisher:
Abrams
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x31mm
Weight:
0.49kg
Ian Volner

Ian David Volner is an architectural historian and design critic. His previous books include Michael Graves: Design for Life and This Is Frank Lloyd Wright.

He has traveled to far-flung places like the Caucasus Mountains, the townships of South Africa, and the slums of Panama City to write for the Wall Street Journal, the New Republic, Art forum, and more.

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