Though we live in a time when memory seems to be losing its hold on communities, memory remains central to personal, communal, and national identities. And alth

A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memories The study of public memory has grown rapidly across nu

What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to ans

"Owen Dwyer and Derek Alderman examine civil rights memorials as cultural landscapes, offering the first book-length critical reading of the monuments, museums,