Shadowed Ground

America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy

By: Kenneth E. Foote

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Paperback | 1 March 2003 | Edition Number 2

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408 Pages

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From reviews of the first edition: "This splendid, well-written, amply documented volume is remarkable in several respects, including the fact that, despite being the first extended treatment of its subject, it is likely to remain the definitive one." -- Professional Geographer "A fascinating look at the American obsession with historically violent and tragic places." -- Western Historical Quarterly "Attitudes, values, beliefs, and experiences all play a part in the national collective unconscious that leads some sites to be sanctified, others to be obliterated, and still others to be ignored. Foote provides a valuable perspective on this process in a well-written and thoroughly illustrated book that offers a provocative theoretical perspective on the imprinting of historical memory on the American landscape." -- Public Historian " This] is an erudite history and description of how Americans have, or have not, interpreted/recognized the meaning of violent and tragic events throughout their history." -- Space and Culture

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.

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[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) *

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A Landscape of Violence and Tragedy	p. 1
The Veneration of Heroes and Martyrs	p. 36
Community and Catharsis	p. 80
Heroic Lessons	p. 111
Innocent Places	p. 145
The Mark of Shame	p. 174
The Land-Shape of Memory and Tradition	p. 214
Stigmata of National Identity	p. 265
Invisible and Shadowed Pasts	p. 293
Afterword: Recent Traumas, Changing Memories, Continuing Tensions	p. 337
Notes	p. 359
Index	p. 383
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America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy

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