Fallen idols : history is not erased when statues are pulled down - it is made
Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-2022
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In 2020, statues across the world were pulled down in an extraordinary wave of global iconoclasm. From the United States and the United Kingdom to Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, India, Bangladesh, and New Zealand, Black Lives Matter protests defaced and hauled down statues of slaveholders, Confederates, and imperialists. Edward Colston was hurled into the harbour in Bristol, England. Robert E. Lee was covered in graffiti in Richmond, Virginia. Christopher Columbus was toppled in Minnesota, beheaded in Massachusetts, and thrown into a lake in Virginia. King Leopold II of the Belgians was set on fire in Antwerp and doused in red paint in Ghent. Winston Churchill was daubed with the word 'racist' in London. Statues are one of the most visible - and controversial - forms of historical storytelling.
Main title:
Fallen idols : history is not erased when statues are pulled down - it is made / Alex Von Tunzelmann.
Author:
Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-, author
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2022.
Collation:
264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472281913 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2540753
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