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Monumental Controversies : Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National Unity / Harriet F. Senie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Senie, Harriet, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monuments--United States--Public opinion.
- Monuments.
- Memorials--United States--Public opinion.
- Memorials.
- Presidents--Monuments--United States.
- Presidents.
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)--History.
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.).
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Monuments.
- Washington, George.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Monuments.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Monuments.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Monuments.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Amid modern-day racial unrest, a national pandemic, and a political divisiveness that seems to have become a dominant feature of American discourse, Harriet F. Senie offers a thoughtful reflection on the complex legacies of the four presidents memorialized on Mount Rushmore"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Lakota Sioux : Owners of This Land
- Mount Rushmore and Gutzon Borglum : A Complicated History
- George Washington : What Should a President Look Like?
- George Washington : Public Policies, Private Ideals
- Thomas Jefferson : Architectural Monuments
- Thomas Jefferson : A Tainted Legacy
- Commemorating Abraham Lincoln : The Great Emancipator and the Savior of the Union
- Abraham Lincoln : The Path to Emancipation
- Theodore Roosevelt : Problematic Memorials
- Theodore Roosevelt : Complex Man, Complex Policies
- Getting from OR to AND.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Senie, Harriet F. Monumental Controversies
- ISBN:
- 9781640125865
- OCLC:
- 1369648312
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