Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Monument to a Deceased Project 2. Covering Ground 3. The Mechanic Monster 4. Inventing Public Space 5. The Monument Transformed 6. The Conscience of the Nation 7. An End to War, an End to Monuments? Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

About the Author

Kirk Savage is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America.

Reviews

"Superb study of monumental Washington" Washington Post Book World "A fascinating book." H-Net Reviews "The book will make you go back to the National Mall, but you'll never again see it in quite the same light. " Washington Post Book World "An indispensable guide to the National Mall." Public Art Review