{"product_id":"monument-wars-washington-d-c-the-national-mall-and-the-transformation-of-the-memorial-landscape","title":"Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape","description":"The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is \"a great public space, as essential a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon,\" according to architecture critic Paul Goldberger, but few realize how recent, fragile, and contested this achievement is. In \u003ci\u003eMonument Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Kirk Savage tells the Mall's engrossing story-its historic plan, the structures that populate its corridors, and the sea change it reveals regarding national representation. Central to this narrative is a dramatic shift from the nineteenth-century concept of a decentralized landscape, or \"ground\"-heroic statues spread out in traffic circles and picturesque parks-to the twentieth-century ideal of \"space,\" in which authority is concentrated in an intensified center, and the monument is transformed from an object of reverence to a space of experience. Savage's lively and intelligent analysis traces the refocusing of the monuments themselves, from that of a single man, often on horseback, to commemorations of common soldiers or citizens; and from monuments that celebrate victory and heroism to memorials honoring victims. An indispensable guide to the National Mall, \u003ci\u003eMonument Wars\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh and fascinating perspective on over two hundred years of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-300821\"\u003eKirk Savage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520271333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520271335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036000\"\u003eUnited States | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC011000\"\u003eBuildings | Public, Commercial \u0026amp; Industrial\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirk Savage\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStanding Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44528409805037,"sku":"9780520271333","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c0edc160-3156-4bf7-87a8-d0ab520bf61c.jpg?v=1701387871","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/monument-wars-washington-d-c-the-national-mall-and-the-transformation-of-the-memorial-landscape","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}