Monuments : America's history in art and memory /
Dupré, Judith, 1956-
Monuments : America's history in art and memory / Judith Dupré. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2007. - xix, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-242) and index.
The evolving monument -- The Liberty Bell -- Mount Auburn Cemetery -- The Alamo -- Freedom Schooner Amistad -- Gettysburg National Military Park -- Hart Island -- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument -- Washington Monument -- Statue of Liberty -- Monument Avenue -- Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery -- General Grant National Memorial -- Shaw memorial -- Lincoln Memorial -- Balto, Central Park -- Chateau-Thierry Monument -- Tomb of the Unknowns (Tomb of the unknown soldier) -- Mount Rushmore -- Jefferson Memorial -- Remembering World War II -- World War II Memorial -- Nick Benson, stone carver -- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- One soldier's story -- AIDS Memorial Quilt -- Manzanar National Historic Site -- Korean War Veterans Memorial -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (FDR Memorial) -- The New York Times capsule -- Oklahoma City National Memorial -- The temporary memorials of 9/11 -- Irish Hunger Memorial -- The Heavenly City -- Texas A&M University Bonfire Memorial -- Memento Mori -- Luminous Manuscript, Center for Jewish History -- Beyond earth.
1400065828 (acidfree paper) 9781400065820 (acid-free paper)
2006047356
Architecture and society--United States.
Historic sites--United States--Pictorial works.
Historic sites--United States.
Memory--Social aspects--United States.
Monuments--United States--Pictorial works.
Monuments--United States.
United States--History, Local--Pictorial works.
United States--History, Local.
Monuments : America's history in art and memory / Judith Dupré. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2007. - xix, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-242) and index.
The evolving monument -- The Liberty Bell -- Mount Auburn Cemetery -- The Alamo -- Freedom Schooner Amistad -- Gettysburg National Military Park -- Hart Island -- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument -- Washington Monument -- Statue of Liberty -- Monument Avenue -- Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery -- General Grant National Memorial -- Shaw memorial -- Lincoln Memorial -- Balto, Central Park -- Chateau-Thierry Monument -- Tomb of the Unknowns (Tomb of the unknown soldier) -- Mount Rushmore -- Jefferson Memorial -- Remembering World War II -- World War II Memorial -- Nick Benson, stone carver -- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- One soldier's story -- AIDS Memorial Quilt -- Manzanar National Historic Site -- Korean War Veterans Memorial -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (FDR Memorial) -- The New York Times capsule -- Oklahoma City National Memorial -- The temporary memorials of 9/11 -- Irish Hunger Memorial -- The Heavenly City -- Texas A&M University Bonfire Memorial -- Memento Mori -- Luminous Manuscript, Center for Jewish History -- Beyond earth.
1400065828 (acidfree paper) 9781400065820 (acid-free paper)
2006047356
Architecture and society--United States.
Historic sites--United States--Pictorial works.
Historic sites--United States.
Memory--Social aspects--United States.
Monuments--United States--Pictorial works.
Monuments--United States.
United States--History, Local--Pictorial works.
United States--History, Local.