Remembering the Boys: First World War Monuments in Des Moines, Iowa, and Nashville, Tennessee

dc.contributor.advisor Van West, PhD., Carroll
dc.contributor.author Henderson, Graham Jack
dc.contributor.committeemember Martin, PhD., Bren
dc.contributor.department History en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-26T18:00:52Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-26T18:00:52Z
dc.date.issued 2017-05-10
dc.description.abstract Following the trend of widespread memorial construction following the Civil War, cities such as Nashville, Tennessee and Des Moines, Iowa built several monuments in remembrance of the First World War. This study goes beyond the examination of artistic styles to explore questions surrounding the local communities that created these monuments. Using Southern and Midwestern cities for comparison, this work uses monuments as objects of material culture to expose reflections of past communities and their struggles to collectively remember themes of national trauma, industrialized warfare, patriotism, racism, new American imperialism, and shifting cultural attitudes on death and commemoration.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5314
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.subject Des Monies
dc.subject First World War
dc.subject Fort Des Moines
dc.subject Monuments
dc.subject Nashville
dc.subject World War One
dc.subject.umi Military history
dc.subject.umi History
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters
dc.title Remembering the Boys: First World War Monuments in Des Moines, Iowa, and Nashville, Tennessee
dc.type Thesis
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