Minnesmerker, monumenter

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 …

In Victorian Bradford, when death came, there was only one real place to be buried. For the rich and poor alike the newly laid out Undercliffe Cemetery, designed by William Gay, …

The Sevenoaks War Memorial on The Vine lists the 226 men who gave their lives for their King and country from 1914 to 1918. Local historian and genealogist, Matthew Ball, has …

Historic sites celebrate defining moments in history, memorialize important events and people, and contribute to the character of the locations where they are situated. Heritage …

An investigation into the relationship between history, art, architecture, memory, and diplomacy. Between 1948 and 1956, the United States government planned an enormous project to …

Monuments are all around us. We walk or drive past them every day, yet we are often only vaguely aware of their existence. They are in cemeteries and parks; on busy streets and in …

Olympische Sportstätten sind Orte, die für eine kurze Dauer viel Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Der in den letzten Jahren stark zunehmende mediale Fokus hat den Effekt der temporären …

This new book expands the research scope of discourse theory analysis - on which Nico Carpentier is an established scholar - to the study of non-textual empirical material. It …

The Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, carved in the sixth century AD, represented two aspects of the Buddha, universal and historical. In March 2001 the Taliban destroyed them. …

The use of cars and trucks over the past century has remade American geography pushing big cities ever outward toward suburbanization, spurring the growth of some small towns while …