Monument wars Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the transformation of the memorial landscape

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A monument to a deceased project -- 2. Covering ground -- 3. The mechanic monster -- 4. Inventing public space -- 5. The monument transformed -- 6. The conscience of the nation -- 7. An end to war, an end to monuments? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of illustr...

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1. Verfasser:	Savage, Kirk (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Berkeley, Calif. u.a. Univ. of California Press 2009
Schlagworte:	Monuments > Memorials > Memorialization > Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) > Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc > National Mall > Kollektives Gedächtnis > Geschichte > Washington, DC > Stadtplanung > Öffentlicher Raum > Denkmal > Geschichte 1840-2000
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Zusammenfassung:	Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A monument to a deceased project -- 2. Covering ground -- 3. The mechanic monster -- 4. Inventing public space -- 5. The monument transformed -- 6. The conscience of the nation -- 7. An end to war, an end to monuments? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index. 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?
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-372) and index. - Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A monument to a deceased project -- 2. Covering ground -- 3. The mechanic monster -- 4. Inventing public space -- 5. The monument transformed -- 6. The conscience of the nation -- 7. An end to war, an end to monuments? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index
Beschreibung:	X, 390 S. zahlr. Ill. 27 cm
ISBN:	9780520256545 978-0-520-25654-5 0520256549 0-520-25654-9