City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521124157)

The essays presented in this volume describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. City walls shaped the history of warfare; the mobilization of manpower and resources needed to build them favored some kinds of polities over others; and their massive strength, appropriately ornamented, created a visual language of authority. Chapters by historians and art historians explore how separate traditions throughout the world illustrate universal themes of defensive strategy and the symbolism of power, each time embedded in a distinctive local context.

Author: James D. Tracy
ISBN-10: 0521124158
ISBN-13: 9780521124157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2009
Pages: 720
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.29lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.58d