Main entry:

Savage, Kirk, 1958-

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.

Description:

x, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-372) and index.
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?
Smithsonian American Art Museum Charles C. Eldredge Prize, 2010.

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Klappentext
Klappentext

ISBN:

9780520256545 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520256549 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520271333 (paperback)
0520271335 (paperback)

Subject:

Monuments Washington (D.C.)
Memorials Washington (D.C.)
Memorialization United States.
Monuments commémoratifs Washington (D.C.)
Commémorations États-Unis.
15.85 history of America.
21.59 sculpture: other.
Buildings.
Memorialization.
Memorials.
Monuments.
Stadtplanung
Denkmal
Collective memory.
Landscape architecture.
War monuments.
Denkmal Kollektives Gedächtnis Washington.
Kollektives Gedächtnis Denkmal Washington.
Denkmalpflege.
Plastik.
Architektur.
Städtebau.
Öffentlicher Raum.
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) The Mall.
National Mall
Washington, DC
Washington (DC)
Washington Denkmal Geschichte.
Washington; The Mall.
Washington <DC> Mall.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263933
Call No.: BIB 195241
Status: Available