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The great great wall : along the borders of history from China to Mexico / Ian Volner.

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"During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall" on the border between the US and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it. A year and a half into his term, with only a few prototype segments erected,...

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Main Author: Volner, Ian (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Abrams, Inc., [2019]
Subjects:
Boundaries > Psychological aspects.
Border security > Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens > Government policy > United States.
Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Border security.
Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
Undocumented immigrants.
Table of 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.

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