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Monumental Controversies : Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National Unity / Harriet F. Senie.

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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
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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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