Kudos to Akela Reason! Her new book Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York, will be released this month from the Yale University Press (June 10, 2025). The Press describes her research as: A rich history of Gilded Age partisan politics, aesthetics, and the creation of New York City’s Civil War monuments... Illuminating the historical context of Civil War soldiers’ monuments in New York City, Akela Reason explores the complex and fascinating intersection of art, politics, and memory within these works, while also highlighting the ever-changing ways different constituencies have engaged with them in symbolic and physical terms. Yale University Press website.
