TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frye,David
TI  - Walls: a history of civilization in blood and brick 
AV  - UG400 .W35 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Fortification
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Military architecture
KW  - Walls
KW  - Military field engineering
KW  - Boundaries
KW  - Earthworks (Archaeology)
KW  - Defensive (Military science)
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: A wall against the wasteland -- Part one: Builders and barbarians -- Midwife to civilization: wall builders at the dawn of history: the ancient Near East, 2500-500 BC -- To wall or not to wall?: Greece, 600-338 BC -- "Cries of pain and sadness": China, 214 BC -- Wallers and warriors: life outside the walls: Eurasia, 2000 BC-AD 1800 -- Part two: The great age of walls -- Prologue to the great age of walls: Alexander's gates: timeless folklore -- Walls connect Eurasia: China and central Asia, c. 100 BC -- Hadrian's walls: the Roman Empire, AD 117-38 -- Paradise lost: The Roman Empire, c. AD 300 -- Defenseless behind walls: The Roman and Byzantine Empires, AD 400-600 -- Cycles of walls and despots: China, AD 280-1600 -- Walls and the Apocalypse: Western and Central Asia, AD 500-1300 -- Part three: The world in transition -- The horrible bombard: Constantinople, AD 1453 -- Beyond the pale: Ireland, Scotland, and the Russian Empire, AD 1494-c. 1800 -- Fort Brokenheart: South, Central, and North America, prehistory-AD 1800 -- Part four: A clash of symbols -- The last battles: China and France, 1933-40 -- "A hell of a lot better than a war": Berlin, 1961-89 -- Epilogue: "Love your neighbor, but don't pull down your hedge": Earth, 1990-present
N2  - "A survey of walls throughout history and their role in shaping society."--Provided by publisher
ER  -