Frye, David. Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick. Scribner. Aug. p. maps. notes. ISBN $30; ebk. ISBN HIST. No human invention has had a greater effect on civilization than defensive walls, states Frye (history, Eastern Connecticut State Univ.). The safety they afforded those whoAuthor: Kathleen McCallister. · 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 Brand: Scribner. The author, David Frye, has revealed the age old truth about walls and civilization that the modern world seems to forget. Frye argues that wall building is a universal human value in history. A strategy that mankind has taken up to protect against the wild uncivilized world beyond the ramparts/5(81).
Frye, a teacher of ancient and medieval history, offers an accessible history of walls and wall builders. Starting at the 4,year-old Great Wall of Shulgi, in Sumer, Frye—writing in a breezy. "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. Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick, David Frye. This book has one major thesis, which it argues fairly well: walls made civilisation possible. Walls are contrasted against wars, with warmongers living a more day-to-day existence and wall-builders creating culture, politics, philosophy, technology, etc.
The author, David Frye, has revealed the age old truth about walls and civilization that the modern world seems to forget. Frye argues that wall building is a universal human value in history. A strategy that mankind has taken up to protect against the wild uncivilized world beyond the ramparts. In Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick, David Frye takes an interestingly oblique look at history through the impact of, well, walls, dividing up the world into two population segments: those who live behind them (for protection) and those who live outside of them (the cause of needing protection). Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick. David Frye. Scribner, $30 (p) ISBN Frye, a teacher of ancient and medieval history, offers an accessible history of walls.
0コメント