"This book was first published in two volumes, Talking walls (1992) and Talking walls : the stories continue (1995). They have been combined and updated in this new edition."
Contents:
The Great Wall of China -- Aborigine wall art, Australia -- The Lascaux Caves, France -- Hadrian's Wall, England -- Mahabalipuram's animal walls, India -- The city walls of Fez, Morocco -- Great Zimbabwe -- The walls of Cuzco, Peru -- Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S.A. -- The Western Wall, Jerusalem -- Mecca walls, Egypt and Saudi Arabia -- Tibetan prayer walls -- Divali murals in India -- Diego Rivera murals, Mexico -- Tokyo dog wall, Japan -- Pablo Neruda's home, Chile -- Ndebele homes, South Africa -- The Canadian Museum of Civilization -- Philadelphia murals, U.S.A. -- Dikes in the Netherlands -- Holocaust memorial wall, Poland -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, U.S.A. -- Angel Island, California, U.S.A. -- The Peace Lines, Belfast, Northern Ireland -- The Berlin Wall, Germany -- Nelson Mandela's prison walls, South Africa.
Summary:
An illustrated description of walls around the world and their significance, from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.