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Empires and Walls
Mohammad A. Chaichian
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Description for Empires and Walls
Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Why do empires build walls and fences? Are they for defensive purposes only, to keep the 'barbarians' at the gate; or do they also function as complex offensive military structures to subjugate and control the colonised? In Empires and Walls, Mohammad A. Chaichian meticulously examines the rise and fall of the walls that are no longer around; as well as the impending fate of 'neo-liberal' barriers that imperial and colonial powers have erected in the new Millennium. Chaichian provides evidence that walls always signal the fading power of an empire.
Why do empires build walls and fences? Are they for defensive purposes only, to keep the 'barbarians' at the gate; or do they also function as complex offensive military structures to subjugate and control the colonised? In Empires and Walls, Mohammad A. Chaichian meticulously examines the rise and fall of the walls that are no longer around; as well as the impending fate of 'neo-liberal' barriers that imperial and colonial powers have erected in the new Millennium. Chaichian provides evidence that walls always signal the fading power of an empire.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781608464227
SKU
V9781608464227
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About Mohammad A. Chaichian
Mohammad A. Chaichian (Ph.D., 1986) is an architect, urban planner, and Professor of Sociology at Mount Mercy University. He is the author of White Racism on the Western Urban Frontier (Africa World Press, 2006), and Town and Country in the Middle East (Lexington, 2009).
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