Starting Points: Books
Use these sources to develop an overview of your research topic.
American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader by Publication Date: 2004These essays are drawn from the past twenty years' of publishing in the field, arranged chronologically from colonial to contemporary and accessible in thematic groupings, contextualized and introduced by Keith Eggener.
The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War by Publication Date: 2002Written by a renowned scholar of the conflict, The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War provides students and researchers with the materials to think seriously about the conflict's many paradoxes and ramifications.
A Companion to Public Art by Publication Date: 2016This works examines the main issues, theories, and practices of public art on a comprehensive scale.
Controversial Monuments and Memorials: A Guide for Community Leaders by Publication Date: 2018This book takes on the tough issues that communities across America---and analogous locales overseas---must face as white supremacy, political quagmires and visions of reconciliation with the past collide
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements by Publication Date: 2004A reference work on social movements in the United States
Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape by Publication Date: 2009A guide to the National Mall, the change in how Americans view and use monuments, and the controversies surrounding them.
Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacies of War by Publication Date: 1990A history of the United States and Vietnam, before, during, and after the conflict.
