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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In a fascinating study of public space and the less-than-public contradictions of nineteenth-century culture, Kirk Savage sheds light not only on memory and monument but also on the invention of the 'popular' itself."
—Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "A richly detailed and engagingly written study."
—Boston Globe "Kirk Savage shows ingenuity in his analysis and interpretation of post-war commemorative sculpture."
—Times Literary Supplement"An important and innovative work that will surely gain a wide scholarly audience . . . My hope is that it will also gain the wider readership its message deserves among the civic leaders who shape public policy and the general citizenry who both inherit and build the public monuments that guide public memory. Though the story Savage traces is often a discouraging one, his message is ultimately hopeful. By understanding how we have defined our past and our present through the lasting medium of public sculpture, we can imagine how we can shape, and perhaps redeem our future."
—Catherine W. Bishir, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "[A] tour de force."
—Library Journal
