The Great Wall [electronic resource] : a cultural history / Carlos Rojas.

9780674058804 (electronic bk.)
9780674047877
0674047877

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2010.

English

1 online resource (xv, 213 p.) : ill., maps

DS793.G67 R65 2010eb

951

Carlos Rojas presents a sweeping survey of the historical and political significance of one of the world's most recognizable monuments. Although the splendor of the Great Wall has become virtually synonymous with its vast size, the structure's conceptual coherence is actually grounded on the tenuous and ephemeral stories we tell about it. These stories give life to the Wall and help secure its hold on our collective imagination, while at the same time permitting it to constantly reinvent itself in accordance with the needs of each new era.

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