Details

Subjects:

Boundaries -- Psychological aspects.
Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Undocumented immigrants -- Government policy -- United States.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.

Summary:

An architectural historian takes a deep dive into the story of Trump's wall and examines famous walls from throughout human history and what they reveal about us.

Contents:

Introduction
The invention of difference. Jericho ; Conquest
Border as forge. Hadrian ; Empire
Unstable walls. China ; Crisis
The art of the wall-able. Thiers ; Reaction
Constructing the normal. Berlin ; Takeover
The return of them. West Bank ; Control
The way of all walls.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241).

ISBN:

9781419732829
141973282X

OCLC:

1104143531