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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797905403321

Autore

Hyden Carl T. <1953->

Titolo

Public places : sites of political communication / / Carl T. Hyden, Theodore F. Sheckels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-0726-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Disciplina

307.0973

Soggetti

Public spaces - Political aspects - United States

Memorialization - Political aspects - United States

Communication in politics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The National 9/11 Memorials; Chapter Two: Local 9/11 Memorials; Chapter Three: Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Chapter Four: Point Lookout, Maryland; Chapter Five: Lincoln and Son Come to Richmond; Chapter Six: Slavery, Thurgood Marshall, and Roger B. Taney; Chapter Seven: Cambridge, Maryland; Chapter Eight: American Cities; Chapter Nine: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania; Chapter Ten: The Chicago Park System; Chapter Eleven: The High Line; Chapter Twelve: U Street NW and H Street NE in Washington, D.C.; Chapter Thirteen: The Westminster Arcade

Chapter Fourteen: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaConclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book rhetorically and historically examines the contextual and experiential dimensions of a wide range of public places that are the products and allocators of political power.