Walls: A History Of Civilization In Blood And Brick
- Autor: David Frye
- Narrador: Arthur Morey
- Editora: Simon & Schuster
- Duração: 9:04:54
Sinopse
“A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)—walls—and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live.
With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed—to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out.
The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves—rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia's steppes; learn of bizarre Spartan rituals; watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes; witness the epic siege of Constantinople; chill at the fate of French explorers; marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line; tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin; gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty; and contemplate the wall mania of our own era.
Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as “provocative, well-written, and—with walls rising everywhere on the planet—timely,” Walls gradually reveals the startling ways that barriers have affected our psyches. The questions this book summons are both intriguing and profound: Did walls make civilization possible? And can we live without them? Find out in this masterpiece of historical recovery and preeminent storytelling.
Capítulos
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001 Walls Open
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002 Walls Introduction
Duração: 23min -
003 Walls Part1 Chapter1
Duração: 40min -
004 Walls Chapter2
Duração: 33min -
005 Walls Chapter3
Duração: 32min -
006 Walls Chapter4
Duração: 24min -
007 Walls Part2 Chapter5
Duração: 09min -
008 Walls Chapter6
Duração: 26min -
009 Walls Chapter7
Duração: 20min -
010 Walls Chapter8
Duração: 28min -
011 Walls Chapter9
Duração: 38min -
012 Walls Chapter10
Duração: 33min -
013 Walls Chapter11
Duração: 36min -
014 Walls Part3 Chapter12
Duração: 32min -
015 Walls Chapter13
Duração: 23min -
016 Walls Chapter14
Duração: 25min -
017 Walls Part4 Chapter15
Duração: 29min -
018 Walls Chapter16
Duração: 40min -
019 Walls Epilogue
Duração: 44min -
020 Walls Close
Duração: 30s