Introduction : monuments and public memory -- Enshrining white civilization in early pioneer monuments, 1890-1925 -- Bibles, rifles, and sunbonnets : venerating pioneer motherhood, 1925-1940 -- Modernity and pioneer memory in postwar monuments, 1940-1990 -- Mormon exceptionalism, assimilation, and Americanness, 1890-1980 -- Conservative commemoration and progressive protest in the culture wars, 1975-1995 -- Memory makes money, 1980-2005 -- Inclusivity and the limits of pioneer memory, 1990-2017 -- Conclusion : public perceptions of the American pioneer past.
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