Monument wars
Subtitle: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the transformation of the memorial landscape
By: Kirk Savage.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780520256545
Subjects: Monuments -- Washington (D.C.); Memorials -- Washington (D.C.); Memorialization -- United States; Mall, The (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. A monument to a deceased project; title: 2. Covering ground; title: 3. The mechanic monster; title: 4. Inventing public space; title: 5. The monument transformed; title: 6. The conscience of the nation; title: 7. An end to war, an end to monuments?; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: List of illustrations; title: Index.