No Common Ground
Book description
When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well over a century--but they've never…
Why read it?
2 authors picked No Common Ground as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Following on her previous book about the Daughters of the Confederacy and their role in commissioning Confederate memorials, the author presents the history of these tributes, how they changed over time, and what their implicit meaning conveys.
Reading this book can leave no doubt that Confederate memorials must be removed because of their intrinsic valorization of white supremacy.
It was enormously useful to me in both in my current book project and in public presentations on the topic.
From Harriet's list on reconsidering memorials.
For anyone who wants a clear and concise overview of the Confederate monument issue, this is your book. Cox, a historian, goes through the historical twists and turns of monument construction in the South and, importantly, shows how this was closely intertwined with issues of race. I particularly like the way she spotlights a long history of black Southerners who expressed outrage, and sometimes secretly defiled, these monuments that had sprung up in some of the most prominent public spaces across the South.
From Nina's list on the ongoing legacy of the American Civil War.
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