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

by Kirk Savage

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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 Monument Wars, 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520271335

ISBN13:9780520271333

Release Date:July 2011

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.79 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.9" x 9.8"

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