Politics and Memory
civil war monuments in gilded age new york
$190.56
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
Title: Monuments of Memory: Art, Politics, and the Civil War in Gilded Age New York
A rich history of Gilded Age partisan politics, aesthetics, and the creation of New York City’s Civil War monuments
In the decades following the Civil War, New York City built more monuments to the Union cause than any other city in the nation outside of Washington, DC. Ranging from simple standing soldiers to grand triumphal arches and temples, these monuments shaped commemo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300256499 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300256493 |
| Author: | Akela Reason |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.25kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm |
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“Politics and Memory is an intellectually ambitious work grounded in intricate narratives from primary sources and astute examinations of the monuments themselves.”–Michele H. Bogart, author of The Politics of Urban Beauty: New York and Its Art Commission
“Politics and Memory provides a rich, illuminating history of nineteenth-century monument making and a clear-eyed assessment of a city that was anything but a bastion of progressive ideals.”–Jennifer Wingate, author of Sculpting Doughboys: Memory, Gender, and Taste in America’s World War I Memorials
“Akela Reason has mined archival sources to reveal the complicated, and often bewildering, political and artistic negotiations behind New York’s Civil War monuments.”–Evie Terrono, Randolph-Macon College
About The Author
Akela Reason
Akela Reason is associate professor of history and director of the Museum Studies Certificate Program at the University of Georgia.
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