Waldron arthur (55 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Great Wall of China is renowned as one of the most impressive and intriguing man-made structures on earth. It is also the subject of an awesome mythology, embedded in both learned and popular imaginations, which has grown up and now obscured the historical record. Even the maps which chart the Wall's position offer erroneous accounts of a phenomenon which has never been accurately surveyed. Arthur Waldron reveals that the notion of an ancient and continuously existing Great Wall, one of modern China's national symbols and a legend in the eyes of the West, is in fact a myth. His fascinating account reveals the strategic and political context for the decision to build walls as fortified defences, and explores its profound implications for nomadic and agricultural life under the Ming dynasty. Taking up the insights offered into more recent Chinese politics, the book concludes with a searching investigation of the Wall's new meanings in the myths - departing from that history - fostered in our own century.…

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 11077142. 1780596918. 6/4/2026 6:15:18 PM.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light bumps and shelf wear.

hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket, attractive copy, near fine dark red cloth, book has a small embossed "u" in the corner of the rear cover. previous owner's circular blindstamp of his name on title page. WALDRON, ARTHUR. The Great Wall of China: from history to myth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, xiii, 296pp., . Series: Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions A scholarly study of the Great Wall of China; draws both on primary sources and on the latest archaeology., This is the first full scholarly study of the Great Wall of China to appear in any language, and challenges many deeply held ideas about Chinese history. Drawing both on primary sources and on the latest archaeology, the book first demonstrates that the standard account of the Great Wall is untrue and misleading, and then presents a convincing new account. It begins by tracing the various walls and systems of frontier defenses that existed in early Chinese history, and shows how the greatest of these achieved a mythical symbolic stature which long survived the Wall itself. Focusing in particular on the Ming dynasty, the book explains the decision to build walls by placing it in its strategic and political context, showing what the alternatives were, and how and why they were rejected. The nature of these strategic debates tells the historian much about the nature of more recent Chinese politics. A striking concluding chapter traces how the true history of the Wall was lost in the early twentieth century as it was gradually transformed into a Chinese national symbol explained through historical myth. - CONTENTS: Introduction: What is the Great Wall of China? -- Part I: First considerations -- Early Chinese walls -- Strategic origins of Chinese walls -- Part II: The making of the Great Wall -- Geography and strategy: the importance of the Ordos -- Security without walls: early Ming strategy and its collapse -- Toward a new strategy: the Ordos crisis and the first walls -- Politics and military policy at the turn of the sixteenth century -- The second debate over the Ordos -- The heyday of wall-building -- Part III: The significances of wall-building -- The Great Wall and foreign policy: the problem of compromise -- The Wall acquires new meanings -- Glossary. 9780521365185 ISBN 052136518X. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 37 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.09 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Like New. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1992. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. Covers have shelf wear.

Zustand: Good. Clean & Tight Contents. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. exlibris stamp on title page.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:052136518X.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 052136518X. 1991, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 296; 28 maps, tables, and illustrations in the text; previous owner's chopmark on front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Reprint. Black and white illustrations, map, xiii + 296pp, bibliography, glossary, index, minor wear paperback covers. Good copy. First full scholarly study of the Great Wall.

Zustand: New. In English.

1st edition. 8vo. [xv] + 296pp. B/w. illustrations, maps. Some occasional pencil underlining. Ownership inscription to front f.e.p. Original boards. Slightly rubbed pictorial cream d/w. lettered in brown. ISBN 052136518X US$13.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. Book.

Zustand: New. Arthur Waldron reveals that the notion of an ancient and continuously existing Great Wall, is in fact a myth. Series: Canto Original Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 19 b/w illus. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDA; GTB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No jacket as issued, moderate wear, a few smudges and minor blemishes.

Zustand: Very Good.