Shadowed Ground

Shadowed Ground
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 9780292756144
ISBN-13 : 0292756143
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Book Synopsis Shadowed Ground by : Kenneth E. Foote

Download or read book Shadowed Ground written by Kenneth E. Foote and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, Association of American Geographers, 1997 Shadowed Ground explores how and why Americans have memorialized—or not—the sites of tragic and violent events spanning three centuries of history and every region of the country. For this revised edition, Kenneth Foote has written a new concluding chapter that looks at the evolving responses to recent acts of violence and terror, including the destruction of the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine High School massacre, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11.


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