Smashing statues : the rise and fall of America's public monuments /

A leading expert's exploration of the past, present and future of public monuments in America. An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble. Others form armed patrols to defend them....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thompson, Erin L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Monuments > United States. Memorialization > United States. Collective memory > United States. Monuments > United States > Public opinion. Public opinion > United States. HISTORY / United States / General.

Table of Contents:

Rising
Melted majesty
Chain of being
Shafts
A shrine for the South
Falling
Bring your drums
Hideous spectre
Too damn beautiful
The great reshufflling.