Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
By: Erin L. Thompson
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people r…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Displaying a monument that claims white people control America in an institution that is controlled by white people merely reinforces its message."-Erin L. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
"Displaying a monument that claims white people control America in an institution that is controlled by white people merely reinforces its message."-Erin L. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
"When there is no process, people lose hope that their voices will be heard. And then they take action, even if there's no legal route to do so. But this action might not be the one they really want to take. Perhaps they want to have a community-wide conversation about a monument or make some changes to it. Understanding and reconciliation can happen in many ways - but when authorities refuse to listen to calls for removal, some people will think they have no choice but to topple a monument."-Erin L. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
"When there is no process, people lose hope that their voices will be heard. And then they take action, even if there's no legal route to do so. But this action might not be the one they really want to take. Perhaps they want to have a community-wide conversation about a monument or make some changes to it. Understanding and reconciliation can happen in many ways - but when authorities refuse to listen to calls for removal, some people will think they have no choice but to topple a monument."-Erin L. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
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Format: 179 pages, Paperback
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3.57
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3.80
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3.98
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3.60
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4.13
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
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"Northerners were distanced from the violence, from the inhumanity of the practice [of slavery], but were implicated all the same"-Connor Towne O'Neill, Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy
"But if we are ever to gain a clearer sense of who we’ve been, and thus who we are as white Americans, we are going to need to revise the story."-Connor Towne O'Neill, Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy
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4.30
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4.09
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26. Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
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4.14
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4.17
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4.01
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4.32
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4.05
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