Arthur Waldron has been the Lauder Professor of International Relations in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania, since 1997. He works mostly on the history of Asia, China in particular; the problem of nationalism, and the study of war and violence in history.
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.
發表於2024-11-22
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評分材料詳實 獲得對長城全麵的認知 multivalent symbol of Chineseness mirror for the rest of us our fantasies about that society
評分材料詳實 獲得對長城全麵的認知 multivalent symbol of Chineseness mirror for the rest of us our fantasies about that society
評分材料詳實 獲得對長城全麵的認知 multivalent symbol of Chineseness mirror for the rest of us our fantasies about that society
評分材料詳實 獲得對長城全麵的認知 multivalent symbol of Chineseness mirror for the rest of us our fantasies about that society
The Great Wall of China 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載