Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

by Erin Thompson and Erin L. Thompson

Book Overview

An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up and which should come down? Who should make these decisions, and how?

Erin L. Thompson, the country's leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political, and social issues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393867676
• ISBN13: 9780393867671
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"