War Memorials as Political Landscape: The American Experience and Beyond

War Memorials as Political Landscape critiques the social meaning of war memorials and their role in political and historical landscapes. Mayo argues that war memorials not only reflect the political history of a nation, but also that these memorials are mechanisms to symbolize and justify history. He posits that the presence or absence of commemoration for America's wars is largely explained by the war's importance in establishing the nation's symbolic identity as a political state and by the number of those who died in that war.

Author: James Mayo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05/12/1988
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.42w x 1.29d
ISBN: 9780275928124

About the Author

JAMES M. MAYO is a professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas.