Rahul Rao's favorite books about the politics of controversial statues

Book cover of Monumental Disruptions Book cover of Gods in the Time of Democracy Book cover of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments Book cover of Iconoclasm Book cover of #RhodesMustFall

The best books for understanding how and why U.S. public monuments have become so controversial

Book cover of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments Book cover of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek Book cover of Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America Book cover of The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory Book cover of Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape

Want books like Smashing Statues?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 68 books like Smashing Statues.

Book cover of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek Book cover of Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape Book cover of The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory Book cover of Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America Book cover of #RhodesMustFall Book cover of Iconoclasm

Browse books like Smashing Statues

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in white supremacy, race relations, and African Americans?

White Supremacy 51 books
Race Relations 284 books
African Americans 848 books