Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape

Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape
ISBN-10
0520256549
ISBN-13
9780520256545
Category
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Pages
404
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Kirk Savage

Description

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.

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