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Author:

Savage, Kirk, 1958-

Title:

Monument wars : Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the transformation of the memorial landscape / Kirk Savage.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Monuments--Washington (D.C.)
Memorials--Washington (D.C.)
Memorialization--United States.
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- A monument to a deceased project -- Covering ground -- The mechanic monster -- Inventing public space -- The monument transformed -- The conscience of the nation -- An end to war, an end to monuments?

Summary:

Traces the history of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., discussing its plan and structures, and considering how the concept of memorials and memorial space has changed since the nineteenth century.

ISBN:

0520256549 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520256545 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)271647765

LCCN:

2008048364

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)