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Ancient walls, barbed-wire walls, metaphorical walls, political walls: all form, reform, and dissect our world. The author traces the rich array of social practices associated with walls across history, and describes how, at the dawn of the modern era, these practices were pushed aside by new notions of sovereign rights and private property.

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"'Walls is a wide-ranging, cogent, and penetrating analysis of walls and boundaries. There are very few books on walls of any sort and none with this sophistication. It is a pleasure to find an interdisciplinary mind at work in the center of the discipline of landscape architecture." (John R. Stilgoe, Harvard University)"

Walls Enclosure and Ethics in the Modern

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 1/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226199245, 978-0226199245
    ISBN10: 022619924X
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Ancient walls, barbed-wire walls, metaphorical walls, political walls: all form, reform, and dissect our world. The author traces the rich array of social practices associated with walls across history, and describes how, at the dawn of the modern era, these practices were pushed aside by new notions of sovereign rights and private property.

    Trade Review
    "'Walls is a wide-ranging, cogent, and penetrating analysis of walls and boundaries. There are very few books on walls of any sort and none with this sophistication. It is a pleasure to find an interdisciplinary mind at work in the center of the discipline of landscape architecture." (John R. Stilgoe, Harvard University)"

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