Shadowed Ground
America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy
Published on 1. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-292-70525-8 (ISBN)
Description
Winner, John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, Association of American Geographers, 1997
Shadowed Ground explores how and why Americans have memorialized-or not-the sites of tragic and violent events spanning three centuries of history and every region of the country. For this revised edition, Kenneth Foote has written a new concluding chapter that looks at the evolving responses to recent acts of violence and terror, including the destruction of the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine High School massacre, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Shadowed Ground explores how and why Americans have memorialized-or not-the sites of tragic and violent events spanning three centuries of history and every region of the country. For this revised edition, Kenneth Foote has written a new concluding chapter that looks at the evolving responses to recent acts of violence and terror, including the destruction of the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine High School massacre, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Reviews / Votes
[Shadowed Ground] is a fundamental and enjoyable piece of work, that foregrounds the basic ideas in understanding these relationships. Too often it seems so obvious that rich meaning can be deducted from the physical landscape around us (or our relationship to it), so much so, that these reflections can often be overlooked, yet Foote describes these interpretations and ideas clearly. (Kitty Taylor (Geography Blog))More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-70525-8 (9780292705258)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
01/1997
University of Texas Press
€38.59
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Person
Kenneth E. Foote is Professor and Chair of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he directs the Center for Geographic Education.
Content
A Landscape of Violence and Tragedy
The Veneration of Heroes and Martyrs
Community and Catharsis
Heroic Lessons
Innocent Places
The Mark of Shame
The Land-Shape of Memory ancl Tradition
Stigmata of National Identity
Invisible and Shadowed Pasts
Afterword
Notes
Index
The Veneration of Heroes and Martyrs
Community and Catharsis
Heroic Lessons
Innocent Places
The Mark of Shame
The Land-Shape of Memory ancl Tradition
Stigmata of National Identity
Invisible and Shadowed Pasts
Afterword
Notes
Index