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

by Kirk Savage

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691009473

ISBN13:9780691009476

Release Date:July 1999

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

19th Century Abolition African Americans African-American Studies Appreciation Art Arts, Music & Photography Civil War Civilization & Culture Discrimination & Racism

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