[PDF.45nl] Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America

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 | #852293 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  1999-07-19 |  1999-08-08 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.65 x6.14l,.92 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| What an eye opener|By Book Lover|A careful and thorough look at the American people, our history and psyche, and how we memorialize the significant events of our National adventure. Mr. Savage beautifully and remarkably blends the art, politics, and public rememberence of what is surely our most significant struggle as a nation - defeating slavery.|8 of 11 people found the fol| |Winner of the 1998 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize, American Studies Association

"In a richly detailed and engagingly written study, art historian Kirk Savage traces the development of ... monuments in the context of the nation's still-u

The United States of America originated as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how that history of slavery and its violent end was told in public space--specifically in the sculptural monuments that increasingly came to dominate streets, parks, and town squares in ninete...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America   |  Kirk Savage. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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