{"product_id":"upon-the-ruins-of-liberty-9781439911990","title":"Upon the Ruins of Liberty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2002 revelation that George Washington kept slaves in his executive mansion at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in the 1790s prompted an eight-year controversy about the role of slavery in America's commemorative landscape. When the President's House installation opened in 2010, it became the first federal property to feature a slave memorial.     In Upon the Ruins of Liberty, Roger Aden offers a compelling account that explores the development of this important historic site and how history, space, and public memory intersected with contemporary racial politics. Aden constructs this engrossing tale by drawing on archival material and interviews with principal figures in the controversy-including historian Ed Lawler, site activist Michael Coard, and site designer Emanuel Kelly.    Upon the Ruins of Liberty chronicles the politically-charged efforts to create a fitting tribute to the place where George Washington (and later, John Adams) shaped the presidency whil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAden's is one of the best book-length case studies I have seen on contested sites like the president's house. --Ken Foote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Discovering the Truth: The Revelation of Ugly History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Re-collecting the Past: The Complexity of Public Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Displacing the Inconvenient: The Incomplete Story of Liberty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Honoring the Ancestors: The Quest for Acknowledgment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Shaping the Place: The Design Competition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Revealing the Foundations: The Excavation of the Site\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 Telling the Stories: The Opening of the Installation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Continuing the Conversation: The Legacy of the President’s House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408310346071,"sku":"9781439911990","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439911990.jpg?v=1730502387","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/upon-the-ruins-of-liberty-9781439911990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}