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The Great Wall of China

by Robert Silverberg. 240 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Robert Silverberg

Publisher:

   Chilton Books

Place of Publication:

  Philadelphia  

Publication Year:

  1965
Subjects:   Great Wall Of China (China), China--History
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books on: (Great Wall Of China China) OR (China History)  - 39549 results

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The Great Wall of China
Book by Robert Silverberg; Chilton Books, 1965
Subjects: China--History, Great Wall Of China (China)
...this deserves exploration: the Wall itself, the character of the man who built it, and...Chinese history. But there was a China before Chin and walls in China before the Great Wall. We need perspective...years of recorded history. The GREAT WALL of CHINA One. Before the Great Wall...
2.
Management in Transitional Economies: From the Berlin Wall to the Great Wall of China
Book by Malcolm Warner, Vincent Edwards, Gennadij Polonsky, Danijel Pucko, Ying Zhu; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Management--China, Management--Europe, Central, Management--Russia (Federation), Management--Vietnam
...appeal for this reason. The countries covered in this book stretch from the now happily fallen Berlin Wall to the Great Wall of China. They cover a range of countries from the former socialist and command economies of Central and Eastern Europe...
3.
A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China : an Investigative History
Book by Patrick Tyler; PublicAffairs, 1999
Subjects: China--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1989, United States--Foreign Relations--1989-, United States--Foreign Relations--China
...PATRICK TYLERS A GREAT WALL "A startling...absorbing investigation of the maneuvering between China and the United...that marked most of this period." World Policy Journal A GREAT WALL -ii- A GREAT WALL: SIX PRESIDENTS AND CHINA AN INVESTIGATIVE...Dossin. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION...Tyler, Patrick. A great wall: six presidents and China: an investigative...
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The History of China
Book by Frank W. Thackeray, John E. Findling, David Curtis Wright; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: China--History
...were. Pre-modern China refers to China...or so. The late great British China specialist...Needham and his team of researchers at Cambridge...him for unifying China, for imposing standards of uniformity in areas...cruelty. The Great Wall of China: Mostly...picture books about China. There is, however...sensationalized description of the Great Wall: it is wrong in...
5.
A Short History of China
Book by Edward Thomas Williams; Harper & Brothers, 1928
Subjects: China--History
...EDITORIAL PREFACE Timely is not a word to apply to China. The great landlocked tideless body of its history seems in perspective changeless and unchanging...Nile. The storms of invasion and conquest that have swept China from time to time seem to have sunk in futile exhaustion into...ethnology to modern industrialism has invaded China, and the wall around it has fallen. The world too has put China in the...
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journal articles on: (Great Wall Of China China) OR (China History)  - 10228 results

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Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu. the Great Wall of Confinement: The Chinese Prison Camp through Contemporary Fiction and Reportage
Journal article by Richard King; China Review International, Vol. 12, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Great Wall of Confinement: The Chinese Prison Camp through Contemporary Fiction and Reportage (Book)
...and Yenna Wu. The Great Wall of Confinement: The...inmates (published in China and the West), reportage...employed in Imperial China and portrayed by...the prison guards of the socialist state...informed reading of the continuing reports...like Human Rights in China, and on the Internet...
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What I Learned about Teaching at the Great Wall of China: You Wouldn't Think a Veteran Teacher with More Than Three Decades of Experience Would Need to Reinvent Himself and His Methods. but Half a World Away, Mr. Squire Did Just That
Journal article by Gary Squire; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 88, 2007
Subjects: Foreign teachers--Training, Teachers, Foreign--Training, Teaching--Personal narratives
...excited for me. They told me a little of the history and folklore of this famous site. Some took great delight in informing me that one of the rites of passage into manhood requires a trip to the Great Wall. In hindsight, I wondered if they had a premonition that my...wall would mark a turning point for my teaching assignment in China. I found the Great Wall and the surrounding scenery to be truly...
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A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China & about Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton
Journal article by Oliver M. Lee; China Review International, Vol. 8, 2001
Subjects: A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China (Book), About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton (Book)
A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China about Face: A History of Americas Curious...Patrick Tyler. A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China. New York: Public...About Face: A History of Americas Curious...in the aftermath of World War II. Such...been legally part of China for centuries--except...
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David A. Graff and Robin Higham, Editors. A Military History of China
Journal article by Albert E. Dien; China Review International, Vol. 9, 2002
Subjects: A Military History of China (Book)
...history and provides an excellent survey of the history of China in general. Chapter 4, "The Northern Frontier," by David C. Wright, is a summary, brief because of limitation of space, of the involvement of the Chinese with...why that did not occur in this case. The only mention of the Great Wall in the volume is very brief; one would have expected greater...
5.
The Great Wall of Confinement: The Chinese Prison Camp through Contemporary Fiction and Reportage
Journal article by Joseph K.S. Yick; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Great Wall of Confinement: The Chinese Prison Camp Through Contemporary Fiction and Reportage (Book)--Book reviews
...influence on modern Chinas legal theory and practice. Yet the "Great Wall" also denotes the Qin-Han cultural legacy and the impact of the Ming-Qing Era on the PRC prison system. On the other hand...aspect of traditional politico-legalistic culture impacted China since the Deng-Jiang Era? (The PRC government has recently...
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The Other Great Wall of China
Magazine article by Alison Mara Friedman; Dance Magazine, Vol. 79, February 2005
Subjects: Dance--Analysis, Dance--Personal narratives, Dancing--Analysis, Dancing--Personal narratives
The Other Great Wall of China. by Alison Mara Friedman I WAS SITTING recently in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, listening to the lyrics...
2.
A Not So Great Wall
Magazine article by Peter Hall; Business Asia, Vol. 6, June 15, 1998
Subjects: Beijing, China--Description and travel, Great Wall of China--Description and travel, Travelers--Personal narratives
...would have to be the Great Wall of China. A trip to Beijing is not complete without visiting the wall. The drive is well worth it...visitor. To stand on this great monument and wonder about its...in awe at the insignificance of many other things. However...romance and history of the wall or hold it in awe. One example...business associates to the Great Wall. Being a frequent visitor...
3.
Romancing Cathay: The Growing Power of China Looms in a New International Puppet-Theatre Collaboration
Magazine article by Randy Gener; American Theatre, Vol. 22, September 2005
Subjects: Cathay: Three Tales of China (Play)--Performances, Cathay: Three Tales of China (Play)--Research, Chong, Ping--Research, Chong, Ping--Works, Puppet theater--Influence, Puppet theater--Performances, Puppet theater--Political aspects, Puppet theaters--Influence, Puppet theaters--Performances, Puppet theaters--Political aspects, Xian, China--Social aspects
...meal." Among the sundry hotel guests is a Chinese rap-star puppet, MC Tang, who sings "Come to China/Check it out/Great Wall of China/Check it out." Those lyrics might be an anthem of the 21st centurys Cathay. Its the call of a rapidly advancing...
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Communist, Nationalist, and Dangerous: The Problem of China
Magazine article by John Derbyshire; National Review, Vol. 53, April 30, 2001
Subjects: Chauvinism and jingoism--China, China--International relations, Communist countries--Social policy, Imperialism--China, Jingoism--China, Nationalism--China, U.S. Navy Spy Plane Incident, 2001--Strategic aspects
...sheks army claimed the island and put down resistance with great savagery. The place has not been ruled from China since Chiang lost the mainland in 1949. In its entire history...well known. And the third stumbling block to the restoration of Chinas greatness is . . . the United States. To the modern...constant in relations between China and the world beyond the Wall, as recent events in the South China Sea have illustrated...
5.
The Importance of Land Reform in the Reconstruction of China
Magazine article by William Hinton; Monthly Review, Vol. 50, July 1998
Subjects: Agriculture--Social aspects, China, Food industry--Social aspects, Land reform--China, Reconstruction (1914-1939)
...debated. Unfolding as one of the great ironies of modern history, the vast liberating...compradore tendencies that can drag China back into the kind of neocolonial...These attacks are off the wall, completely unjustified exercises...Irreconcilable Conflict The great land reform of the middle of the Century was...brought into being new classes in China, a bourgeoisie and a working...
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The People's Wonders; the Great Wall of China Inca Fortress Machu Picchu, Peru Chichen Itza Ruins, Mexico Eiffel Tower in Paris Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Brazil Petra, Jordan
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 7, 2007
Subjects: Towers, Towers (Structures)
The Peoples Wonders; the Great Wall of China Inca Fortress Machu Picchu, Peru Chichen Itza Ruins, Mexico Eiffel Tower in Paris Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Brazil Petra...
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Wonders of the World? Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge and er, the LLANGOLLEN CANAL AQUEDUCT
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 29, 2009
Wonders of the World? Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge and er, the LLANGOLLEN CANAL AQUEDUCT. Byline: PATRICK MULCHRONE THIS is the British aqueduct yesterday named...
3.
Holidays '99: Next Stop, the Great Wall of China
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 3, 1999
Holidays 99: Next Stop, the Great Wall of China. IMAGINE hopping on a bus in your local town centre and asking for the Great Wall of China, or saying: "Take me to Cuba...
4.
LARKIN ABOUT ON THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA; Bertie on Top of the World with Celia
Newspaper article by Karl Brophy; The Mirror (London, England), September 17, 1998
Subjects: Ahern, Bertie
LARKIN ABOUT ON THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA; Bertie on Top of the World with Celia. by Karl Brophy TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was in high spirits yesterday as he...
5.
Wonderwall; A Revolutionary New Hotel by the Great Wall of China Will Be a Must-See Sight
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 1, 2004
Wonderwall; A Revolutionary New Hotel by the Great Wall of China Will Be a Must-See Sight. Byline: SALLY SHALAM A LARGE chunk of ruby watermelon is speared on the end of my fork, the butler...
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encyclopedia articles on: (Great Wall Of China China) OR (China History)  - 281 results

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Great Wall of China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GREAT WALL OF CHINA series of fortifications, c.3,890 mi (6,260 km) long (not including trenches and natural defensive barriers), winding across...
2.
China, Great Wall Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHINA, GREAT WALL OF see Great Wall of China . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
3.
Ch'In , Dynasty of China (221–206 B.C.)
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...splendid city of China; it is speculated that much of the Great Wall was built during his reign. To govern the vast empire, Chin...measures, standardized the written language, and built a network of roads and canals that converged on the capital. Chin Shih Huang-ti...in 206 b.c. Soon after, the Han dynasty came to power in China. See D. Bodde, Chinas First Unifier (1938, repr. 1967...
4.
China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...formed the basis of Chinese education was written. The use of iron was the main material advance. The semibarbarous Chin...established the centralized imperial system that was to govern China during stable periods. The Great Wall was begun in this period. The native Han dynasty period...
5.
Wall
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...stream to conserve a water supply or create power. The defensive walls of a city or other political division (see Great Wall of China ) are frequently two or three concentric ramparts, often including fortification and watchtowers. Great portals...
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