David Frye (1)
Auteur de Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
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Œuvres de David Frye
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- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Maryville, Tennessee, USA
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Walls (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 106
- Popularité
- #181,887
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 12
- Langues
- 2
Written in narrative form, this book is almost like reading a novel. David Frye discusses the lives of Wallers (people who live within walls for protection) and Warriors (the nomads who roam outside the walls, those who wreak havoc on the Wallers). His stories tell of the reasons for walls as well has the way they were built and maintained. He tells of the invasion of the Warriors and how each group of people developed as societies with their own special strengths and weaknesses.
The majority of the book is historical but he does discuss modern walls. Beginning with discussion of the Berlin Wall, he discusses societal reasons and impacts of walls being built today. He brings to light the many thousands of miles of walls being built in the Middle-East; around Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, etc. Also along borders of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Although the Americas are mentioned, these continents do not have the many millennium of historic walled cultures so there is not as much to speak of. He does discuss North American Indigenous nomadic life and how it was impacted by the movement of Europeans onto the continent 500+ years ago.
I wish I were a better writer to explain why this is such a wonderful book.
For me, his discussion of the various interactions between Wallers and Warriors was eyeopening. The development of cultures is fascinating, and walls played a big part in cultural development.
I cannot recommend this book enough if you have any interest in cultural history. Or maybe just a good read.… (plus d'informations)