Memorials matter : emotion, environment, and public memory at American historical sites /
Memorials Matter investigates how sites of memory in the American West influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. The book compares seven diverse National Park Service sites to show how the natural landscapes and built structures combine with written texts at each site to ge...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reno :
University of Nevada Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Memorials Matter investigates how sites of memory in the American West influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. The book compares seven diverse National Park Service sites to show how the natural landscapes and built structures combine with written texts at each site to generate emotion in individual tourists and shape our collective memory of traumatic events. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781943859962 1943859965 9781943859979 1943859973 |