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Ali, Saleem H., ed. by (2007), "Peace parks: Conservation and conflict resolution," MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 432.

Anzai, Ikuro, (Date?), "Museums for Peace in Japan & Other Asian Countries." where published?, pp. 14. Click here for on-line text.

Anzai, Ikuro, et al (Ongoing), "Museum Guidebook," Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan), pp. 24. Click here for abbreviated on-line version ("Guidance in Building").

Anzai, Ikuro, Joyce Apsel & Syed Sikarder Mehdi, ed. by (October 2008), "Museums for peace: Past, present and future," Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan), pp. 231.

Anzai, Ikuro (October 2008), "Definition of peace, peace museum and museum for peace with reference to peace-related museums in Asia," pp. 109-122. Published in "Anzai, Ikuro, et al, ed. by (October 2008), "Museums for peace: Past, present and future," Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan).

Anzai, Ikuro (October 7, 2008), "Defining peace, peace museums, and museums for peace," Commemorative Speech, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP), Kyoto (Japan), October 7, pp. 29-38. Published in Ikeya, Risa, ed. by (February 2009), qv.
Appelbaum, Patricia (Date?), "Material Pacifism," Material History of American Religion Project, Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville.

Apsel, Joyce A. (2005), "After Seventy Years: Anne Frank (1929-1945)," Anne Frank Center USA, SoHo, New York City (USA).

Apsel, Joyce A. (2008), "Peace & human rights education: The UN as a museum for peace," pp. 37-48, in Anzai, Ikuro, et al, ed. by (2008), "Museums for peace: Past, present and future," Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan). Describes the pedagogic value of peace monuments at UN headqurters in New York City. Apsel is Master Teacher in the General Studies Program at New York University, New York, NY (USA).
Baber, Zonia (1948), "Peace Symbols," Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Originally published in 1937? Image shows Baber's world map entitled "Distribution of Peace Monuments."
Barr, David (March 2008), "Crossing Lines." A "limited edition manuscript" including 180 illustrations. Describes Barr's work on the Four Corners Project, SunSweep, and Arctic Arc, involving some of the world's most mysterious places and diverse cultures. Click here for SunSweep and here for Arctic Arc.
Barrett, Rev. Clive (2005), "Images and Symbols of Peace," 5th International Conference of Peace Museums, International Network of Peace Museums (INPM), at the Gernika Peace Museum, Foru plaza,1. E 48300 Gernika-Lumo (Spain). Barrett is Visiting Fellow, School of Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU), & Trustee of The Peace Museum in Bradford (England). Paper is no longer on-line.

Barrett, Rev. Clive (2008a), "Peace museums." In Young, Nigel, ed. by, (2009) "International Encyclopedia of Peace: Global conflict, transformation and nionviolent change," Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 4 volumes (2,176 pages).

Barrett, Rev. Clive (2008b), "War & peace art." In Young, Nigel, ed. by, (2009) "International Encyclopedia of Peace," Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 4 volumes (2,176 pages).

Bennett, James Richard (1999), "Centers, Museums, and Public Memorials for Nonviolent Peacemaking in the US: A Visitors' Guide," PeaceWork Magazine, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, May. Click here for on-line text. Bennett is Professor of English Emeritus, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA).
Bennett, James Richard (2001), "Peace movement directory: North American organizations programs, museums and memorials," McFarland & Co., Jefferson (North Carolina), pp. 310. Covers peace monuments in the USA, Canada & Mexico & at the UN in New York City. Click here for more information.
Buruma, Ian (1994), "The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan," Meridian, New York, pp. 330. Buruma is Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA).
Carrier, Jim (2004), "A traveler's guide to the civil rights movement," Harcourt, Orlando etc., pp. 384. Click here for more information.

Chapman, Terry (April 24-25, 2010), "America's Don Quixote: The Henry Ford Peace Ship of December 1915," Peace History Conference, Imperial War Museum, London (England). Chapman is Senior Historian at the Imperial War Museum.
Couperie, Pierre (1968), "Paris through the ages: An illusrated historical atlas of urbanism & architecture," Barrie & Jenkins, London, no page numbers. Contains "The 'Representation' of Cities" by Andre Chastel. Originally published in French under the title "Paris au fil du temps." Pierre Couperie [1930-2010] is also the author of L'histoire de la bande dessinée / History of the Comic Strip.
Duffy, Terence M. (2000), Museums for Peace & Harmony in Society, International Museums Day, International Councl of Museums (ICOM), Paris (France). Duffy is director of the Irish Peace Museum Project & teacher of Peace Studies at the University of Ulster, Londonderry (Northern Ireland). Click here for the on-line text.
Duffy, Terence M. (2003), "The making of a peace museum tradition: Case-studies from Japan & Cambodia," Fourth International Conference of Museums for Peace, International Network of Peace Museums, Diksmuide (Belgium). Click here for the on-line text.

Dupre, Judith (2007), "Monuments: America's history in art and memory." Random House, New York, pp. 252. Thirty-seven chapters covering some of the biggest US monuments, e.g. Liberty Bell, Lincoln Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Durand, Roger, Christiane Dunant & Tony Guggisbert (August 2002) - Itinéraire de la paix dans les rues de Genève / Itinerary for Peace in the Streets of Geneva, Association "Genève: un lieu pour la paix," Geneva (Switzerland), pp. 144. Created to celebrate the centennial of the Nobel Prize in 2001. Image is a map of Geneva with 43 peace places in colors representing three different parcours / routes.
Egbo, Rina (December 10, 2009), "Memorializing the Victims of Terrorism," report prepared for the Department of Justice Canada, ©Government of Canada, both PDF and HTML versions. Egbo is Research Assistant, Research and Statistics Division.
Emmett, Patricia (date?), "Lessons from Robbin Island: Reconciliation and Conservation in South Africa," South African Institute of Architects (South Africa), 10 pages. Patricia (Tish) Emmett is an architect in Durban and president of the South African Institute of Architects.
Envision Peace Museum (June 4-5, 2010), "BRIEFING BOOK, Strategic Planning Conference," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), 101 printed pages in 3-ring binder. Includes Flores (2008), qv. "To be an exciting new structure built in the heart of Philadelphia’s cultural and tourist district, adding a fresh new voice. 'Another world is possible.'"
Fidler, John, & Jeanne Marie Teutonico, ed. by (2000), "Monuments and the millennium." Topics "range from the philosophical and political issues associated with monument building to more practical aspects of conservation and repair."
Flores, Thomas Vincent (2008), "Broadening the purview of 'peace': The challenge & promise of peace-related museums and centers in the United States," pp. 123-139, in Anzai, Ikuro, et al, ed. by (2008), "Museums for peace: Past, present and future," Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan). Flores is Visiting Assistant Professor, Peace-building and Conflict Transformation Practices, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (USA).
Flores, Thomas Vincent (March 24, 2009), "Trends and Challenges of Museums for Peace and the USIP Public Education Center," Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (USA), presented to United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Public Education Center (PEC) Working Group, Washington, DC (USA), 8 pages. Not on-line.
Fryberg, Steve (ongoing), compiled by, "Members of the Network" also called "Museums for Peace Members," website of the Interntional Network of Museums for Peace (INMP). click here for the INMP website, then click "Members" [sic]. Lists 199 museums as of October 2009. Fryberg is INMP website administrtor in Dayton, Ohio (USA). Click here for explanation.
Golden, Jane, Robin Rice & Monica Yant Kinney (January 2003), Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, pp. 160. With photographs by David Graham & Jack Ramsdale. Click here for an excerpt from chapter 1. Sequel also available.
Gough, Paul J. (ongoing), "VORTEX !," website, School of Creative Art Arts, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol (England). Contains images, essays & information on the representation of war & peace in the 20th & 21st centuries." Gough is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts.
Greiff, Glory-June (June 30, 2005), "Remembrance, faith and fancy: Outdoor public sculpture in Indiana," Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 300 pages. Click here for PowerPoint version of part of this book.
Gruber, Samuel D. (Ongoing), International Survey of Jewish Monuments (ISJM), New York (USA). An independent, non-profit, membership based, educational website dedicated to the documentation, study, care and conservation of historic Jewish sites throughout the world.
Gulick, Sidney L. (1929), Dolls of Friendship: The story of a goodwill project between the children of Japan & America, Friendship Ambassadors, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut (USA). Rev. Dr. Gulick [1860-1945] was an educator, author, missionary & lecturer at Kyoto Imperial University. He obtained more than 12,000 American “blue-eyed dolls” for Japanese children. Fifty-eight prefectures replied by sending museum quality Japanese dolls to America, e.g. Miss Toyama (now in Kentucky).

Hatlie, Mark R. (date?), "Deconstructing historical markers: How to question historical places, monuments, memorials, and museums", Tübingen (Germany). "Hatlie is an American who has been living in Old Europe for over 18 years." Click here for on-line text.

Hatlie, Mark R. (ongoing), "Sites of Memory: Historical Markers, Memorials, Monuments, and Cemeteries", website, Tübingen (Germany). Click here for home page.

Hatlie, Mark R. (ongoing), "Sites of Memory: Readings and Resources", website, Tübingen (Germany). Hot links to many websites about memory and monuments (including this one).
Hein, Laura, & Akiko Takenaka (July 20, 2007), Exhibiting World War II in Japan & the United States, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Hein is a professor of Japanese history at Northwestern University. Takenaka teaches architectural history and theory in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan. Click here for on-line text.
Hiroshima Peace Media Center (HPMC) (2008 & ongoing), Peace Museums of the World. Describes about a dozen peace museums & "museums for peace." "Launched on January 1, 2008, to transmit peace-related reporting via the internet in English & Japanese, HPMC is a new wing of the Chugoku Shimbun, founded in 1892 and now one of Japan’s largest newspapers."

Holtorf, Cornelius J. (2000-2007), "Monumental Past,: The life-histories of megalithic monuments in Mechlenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)," Electronic monograph, Centre for Instructional Technology Development, University of Toronto, Toronto (Canada). Click here for on-line text.
Ikeya, Risa, ed. by (February 2009), "Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Museums for Peace," Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace [October 6-10, 2008], Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan), pp. 282.
Josephson, Harold, ed. by (1985), "The biographical dictionary of modern peace leaders," Greenwood Press, pp. 1133. Has biographies of about 750 peacemakers, spanning the period 1800-1950. Click here for more information.
Kershman, Andrew (2007), "London's Monuments...have some facinating tales to tell from the decadence of George IV to the courage of General Wolfe," Metro Publications Ltd., London, 375 pages.
Knox, Michael C. & Annie M. Wagganer (January 1, 2009), "A Cultural Shift Toward Peace: The Need for a National Symbol," Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 97-101. Click here for a preliminary version of the full text "Provides a succinct rationale for the [proposed] US Peace Memorial [in Washington, DC]."
Kolsbun, Ken (April 1, 2008), Peace: The biography of a symbol, National Geographic Society (NGS), Washington, DC (USA). Includes exclusive archival interviews with Gerald Holtom [1914-1985] who created the peace symbol for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in 1958. Click here for photos & more information.
Leonard, Jane (1997), "Memorials to the casualties of conflict: Northern Ireland, 1969 to 1997," Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, Belfast, Ireland. Click here for the full text.
Levering, Miriam (Date?), "Are friendship Bonsho bells Buddhist symbols? The case of [the International Friendship Bell in] Oak Ridge [Tennessee]," Pacific World, Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS), Berkeley, California (USA).

Loewen, James W. (1997-2001, "Lies across America: What our historic sites get wrong," Touchstone, pp. 480. "Teaches visitors to read between the lines of historical markers and to deconstruct the sculptures on monuments and memorials."
Lollis, Edward W. (July 17, 2005), "The Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell," Conference on the Atomic Bomb and American Society, Center for the Study of War and Society, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge (Tennessee). One of 18 papers in Mariner, Rosemary B., & G. Kurt Piehler, ed. by (2009), "The atomic bomb and American society: New perspectives," University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, pp 344-380. Click here for pictoral version of this paper.
Lollis, Edward W. (2006 & ongoing), "Rotary Peace & Friendship Monuments," web page (http://www.worldpeaceandunderstatnding.org). Created with the cooperation of Mr. Jack Selway, Pueblo, Colorado (USA). This web page is owned & maintained by the Rotary Global History Fellowship (RGHF). Click here for a parallel web page owned & maintained by the author.
Lollis, Edward W. (2008), "World Peace Bells," web page (http://peace.maripo.com/p_bells_wpb.htm). There are 23 World Peace Bells (WPB's) in 16 different countries. Created with the cooperation of Mr. Tomijiro Yoshida, President of the World Peace Bell Association (WPBA), Ikebukuro, Tokyo (Japan). This web page is owned & maintained by the author.
Lollis, Edward W. (2008 & ongoing), "Peace monuments around the world," web site (http://peace.maripo.com) with about 200 individual web pages. Contains photos & interactive links to hundreds of peace monuments. Monuments are arranged thematically, geographically, chronologically & by physical form. This web site is owned & maintained by the author. Click here for home page.

Lollis, Edward W. (2008), "Peace monuments around the world," Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, International Network of Museums for Peace, Kyoto (Japan), October 6. In press. Click here for on-line text.

Lollis, Edward W. (2008), "Peace monuments." In Young, Nigel, ed. by, (2010) "International Encyclopedia of Peace: Global conflict, transformation and nionviolent change," Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 4 volumes (2,176 pages). Click here for illustrated on-line text of the article.
Lollis, Edward W. (2010 Fall?), "The Sanctification of Hiroshima," submitted for publication in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, special issue on "Memorializing Space," University of San Francisco. About the tradition of the non-use of nuclear weapons, Alvin Weinberg [1915-2006], the Peace Bell in Hiroshima (Japan), and the Interntional Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (USA)..
Marcuse, Harold (January 2000 & ongoing) "Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, (KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau) 1933-1945-2005," Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, California (USA), webpage.
Marks, Ed, (1998), "Art ... at Home in the United Nations", UN Chronicle Online Education, Department of Public Information, United Nations, New York, Volume XXXV, Number 4. Click here for the illustrted on-line text.
McCallum, Bradley (1993), "Preserving Memory: A study of meonuments and memorials," Cirriculum Unit 93.01.06, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, Yale University, New Haven. Click here for the on-line text of this cirriculum.

Momoitio Astorkia, Iratxe, edited by (2005), "Museums for Peace: A Contribution to Remembrance, Reconciliation, Art and Peace, 5th International Museums for peace Conference Papers," edited by Iratxe Momoitio Astorkia, Fifth International Conference of Museums for Peace, 1-7th May 2005, Fundacion Museo de la Paz de Gernika, Plaza de los Fueros, 1, Gernika-Lumo, Bizkaia (Spain), pp. 479 including texts of 70 papers (in English, Spanish & Basque), photos & list of participants. N.B.: Papers are no longer on-line.

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Nipponzan Myohoji (c.2005), Peace pagodas, Tokyo (Japan), pp. 46. Title & text in Japanese only. Contains color photos of 70 peace pagodas (also known as stupas) in Japan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Austria, England & USA. Nipponzan Myohoji is a Buddhist order. Click here for an on-line display of the same pagodas.
Nasu, Masamoto (August 1991), "Children of the Paper Crane: The Story of Sadako Sasaki and Her Struggle with the A-Bomb Disease." Translated by Elizabeth W. Baldwin & Steven L. Leeper
Peace Pledge Union (ongoing), "Memorials for Peace and War," London (England). A work in progress. Divided into three parts: Memorials for Peace, War Cemeteries, & Memorials for War.
Peace Seekers Group (2008 & ongoing), "Peace Memorials," Waymarking.com ("A scavenger hunt for unique and interesting locations in the world."). Group founded on October 8, 2008, by "Marine Biologist." Mission statement: "To seek out monuments that promote the ideals of national, international, or world peace."
Piehler, G. Kurt Piehler (1995), Remembering war the American way, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. Reprint edition 2004. Piehler is professor of history, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (USA).
Pohlen, Jerome (2008) "Progressive nation: A travel guide with 400+ left turns and inspiring landmarks," Chicago Review Press, Chicago, pp. 432. Click here for more information.
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) (ongoing), National Recording Project (NRP). "A survey of public sculptures and monuments throughout Britain, it is 65% completed to 2002 and is still under way... Database holds over 9,000 entries...covers some, but not all, counties or administrative areas in England; all of Wales; Glasgow..."
Roerich Pact and Banner of Peace Committee (1947), "The Roerich Pact and the Banner of Peace," New York, City, New York (USA), 56 pages. Click here for on-line text. Click here for special webpage about Russian artist Nicholas Roerich [1874-1947].
Rosenbaum, Ron (March 25, 2008), "Welcome to the Hotel Hiroshima: Has the ground zero of the nuclear age become too 'normal'?," Slate Magazine. Impressions of peace monuments in Hiroshima. NB: Rossenbaum wrote Explaining Hitler: The search for the origins of evil" in 1998.

Sandwich, Trevor, et al (2001), "Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation," World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland (Switzerland), pp. 107. Click here for on-line text.
Savage, Kirk (1999), "Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves: Race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America," Princeton University Press, Princeton. Click here for more information. Click here for Google scan of the much of the text. NB: Book cover illustrated with the statue of Abraham Lincon freeing a slave, the so-called Emancipation Memorial erected in Washington, DC (USA) in 1876.
Savage, Kirk (2002), "The Past in the Present: The Life of Memorials,” in Reading Rhetorically: A Reader for Writers, ed. by John C. Bean, et al. (New York: Longman), pp. 5. Previously appeared in Harvard Design Magazine (Fall 1999). Click here for on-line text.
Savage, Kirk (Date?), "History, Memory, and Monuments: An Overview of the Scholarly Literature on Commemoration,” online essay commissioned by the Organization of American Historians and the National Park Service, unnumbered pages. Click here for on-line text.
Schumaker, David C. (Ongoing), Peter Wolf Toth Statue Quest, website. Hungarian-born Peter Wolf Toth erected a series of 58 wooden sculptures honoring the American Indian with at least one in each state.
Slavik, Elin O'Hara (August 1, 2007), Bomb After Bomb: A Violent Cartography, Charta (Italy). Contains 48 color plates of Slavick's drawing series "Protesting Cartography: Places The United States Has Bombed." Forward by Howard Zinn. Slavik is a professor of art, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA).
Tilove, Jonathan (November 4, 2003), "Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America's Main Street," Random House, New York. With photographs by Michael Falco. Click here for the Wikipedia article about streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr.
Toner James F. (Date?), Peace and Pop Culture Syllabus (Pax 250), Peace Studies Program, Division of Lifelong Learning (DLL), University of Maine, Orono, Maine (USA). Course studies "examples from art, music, poetry, literature, museums, gardens, trails, film, television, magazine, cartoon, radio, Internet, video game, and comic book publishing industries." Click here for on-line text.

van den Dungen, Peter (1981-82), "The International Museum of War and Peace at Lucerne [Switzerland]," Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Geschichte, Basel, vol. 31, pp. 185-202. Click here for more information. Click here for an on-line biography of Jan Bloch [1836-1902].
van den Dungen, Peter et al, ed. by (1995), "Peace Museums Worldwide," United Nations Publications on Peace, Geneva (Switzerland). "League of Nations Archives, Geneva, in Association with the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford., 57 pages + annex on UN publications. Describes 50 museums & museum projects in 14 countries. Contains texts by Pierre Pelou, Ursula-Maria Ruser & Peter van den Dungen.
van den Dungen, Peter et al, ed. by (1998), "Peace Museums Worldwide," United Nations Publications on Peace, Geneva (Switzerland). "League of Nations Archives, Geneva, in Association with the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford," 79 pages + annex on UN publications. Describes 62 museums & museum projects in 16 countries. Contains texts by Vladimir Petrovsky, Ursula-Maria Ruser, Peter van den Dungen & Anatoly Ionesov.
van den Dungen, Peter (Fall 2002), "Peace Remembrance and Celebration," Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford." 1 page. Course outline covering peace culture and peace history, origins and developments of peace movements, and the construction of public peace memory (including peace museums, monuments, and memorials). Click here for on-line text.
van den Dungen, Peter (2005), 'Monuments of a Uniting Europe', in Volker Rodekamp et al, eds., Wissenschaftliches Colloquium: Europaeische Nationaldenkmale im 21. Jarhundert - Nationale Erinnerung und Europaeische Identitaet / Academic Colloquy: European National Monuments in the 21st Century - National Memory and European Identity, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum [City History Museum], Leipzig (Germany), pp 129-139.

van den Dungen, Peter (May 2005), Keynote Speech, 5th International Conference of Peace Museums, International Network of Peace Museums (INPM), Gernika Peace Museum, Gernika-Lumo (Spain). Click here for audio recording.

van den Dungen, Peter (March 2006), "Preventing catastrophe: The world's first peace museum -- In praise of Ikuro Anzai & Jan Bloch," festschriff, where published?, pp. 23-36. Click here for on-line text. Click here for a statement by Ikuro Anzai. Click here for an on-line biography of Jan Bloch [1836-1902].

van den Dungen, Peter (2008), "Publications on Peace Museums" (Bibliography), International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP), pp. 8. Has five sections: (1) directories, (2) newsletters, (3) conference volumes, (4) books, book chapters, articles, & (5) academic theses & dissertations. Click here for the on-line text.

van den Dungen, Peter (October 6, 2008), "Museums for peace: Past, present, and future" (Keynote Speech), 6th International Conference of Museums for Peace, International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan). Published in Ikeya, Risa, ed. by (February 2009), qv.

van den Dungen, Peter (2009), "Idee und Geschichte der neuzeitlichen Friedensstadt / Idea and history of the modern city of peace," "Published only in German, this is only scholarly paper to date on Cities of Peace."
Vowell, Sarah (2005), "Assassination Vacation," Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 258. Entertaining account of a "pilgrimage" to monuments associated with three assassinated presidents: Lincoln [1809-1865], Garfield [1831-1881], and McKinley [1843-1901].
Weber, John Pitman (1998), "Toward a People's Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement," University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. "First published in 1977. Remains a classic study of the community-based mural movement that produced hundreds of large-scale wall paintings in the USA and Canada."
Weber, John Pitman (2003), "Politics and Practice of Community Public Art: Whose Murals Get Saved?," Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, California, pp. 16.
Wilson, Charles Reagan (March 26, 2009), "Routes of Reconciliation: Visiting Sites of Cutural Trauma in the U.S. South, Northern Ireland, and South Africa,", Southern Spaces, 4 pages. Wilson is Chair of History & Professor of Southern Studies, University of Mississippi.
Yamane, Kazuyo (2001), "Peace Museums in Japan: The Present Condition and Problems," Grassroots House Peace Museum, Kochi City, Japan. Click here for the on-line text.
Yamane, Kazuyo (2009), "Grassroots Museums for Peace in Japan: Unknown Efforts for Peace & Reconciliation," VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany, 341 pages. Available from amazon.com. Same text as ''Peace Museums in Japan: The Present Condition and Problems" (qv)?
Yamane, Kazuyo (October 2008), "[Directory of] Museums for peace worldwide," Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace [October 6-10, 2008], Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan), pp. 89. Click here for "List of Museums for Peace in the World except Japan." Click here for "List of Museums for Peace in Japan." Click here for explanation.
Yamane, Kazuyo, ed. by (ongoing), MUSE Newsletter of the Japanese Citizens' Network of Museums for Peace (JNMP). Click here for MUSE from July 1999 to December 2000. Click here for MUSE from Janauary 2001 to date. Click here for results of a survey of Japanese peace museums in August 2001 by Kazuyo Yamane, editor of MUSE.
Yoshida, Takashi (June 5, 2007), Remembering War, Commemorating Colonialism: War and Peace Museums in Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea, U.S, Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington, DC (USA).
Yoshida, Takashi (December 2, 2007), "Revising the Past, Complicating the Future: The Yushukan War Museum in Modern Japanese History, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Yoshida is assistant professor of history at Western Michigan University & author of "The Making of the 'Rape of Nanking:' History and Memory in Japan, China, & the United States." Click here for on-line text.

Young, Antonia (2008), "Peace parks." In Young, Nigel, ed. by, (2009) "International Encyclopedia of Peace: Global conflict, transformation and nionviolent change," Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 4 volumes (2,176 pages).

Young, Nigel, ed. by (2010), "Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace: Global conflict, transformation and nionviolent change," Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 4 volumes (2,176 pages). Click here for table of contents in Excel format. N.B.: This work replaces the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Peace.

Young, Nigel (April 29, 2010), "Peace: Renewal of an Enlightenment Project," Magdelan College, Oxford (England). Young's comments about the recently published "International Encyclopedia of Peace: Global conflict, transformation and nionviolent change" (qv), of which he is Editor-in-Chief. Click here for on-line text.

Click here for photos of peace monuments (from Webshots).
Click here for "12 Compelling Monuments Dedicated to Peace" (from WebUrbanist).
Click here for "12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Women: From Joan of Arc to the Working Women of Amsterdam."
Click here for website of the Peace History Society (PHS).
Click here for world-wide map of peace places (from Dayton International Peace Museum).
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