Memorials Matter: Emotion, Environment, and Public Memory at American Historical Sites
By Jennifer K. Ladino. University of Nevada Press, 2019.
From the sculptured peaks of Mount Rushmore to the Coloradan prairie lands at Sand Creek to the idyllic islands of the Pacific, the West’s signature environments add a new dimension to the study of memorials. In such diverse and often dramatic landscapes, how do the natural and built environments shape our emotions? In Memorials Matter, Jennifer Ladino investigates the physical environments of seven diverse National Park Service (NPS) sites in the American West and how they ...