Brill Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination

Product Description In Empires and Walls Mohammad A. Chaichian provides compelling comparative-historical analysis of ancient and contemporary walls and barriers, both 'offensive' and 'defensive, ' that imperial powers have erected in order to subjugate the colonized subjects and control population movements within the empire. About the Author Mohammad A. Chaichian (Ph.D., 1986) is an architect, urban planner, and Professor of Sociology at Mount Mercy University. He is the author of White Racism on the Western Urban Frontier (Africa World Press, 2006), and Town and Country in the Middle East (Lexington, 2009).