Political Mourning

What leads us to respond politically to the deaths of some citizens and not others? This is one of the critical questions Heather Pool asks in  Political Mourning.  Born out of her personal experiences with the trauma of 9/11, Pool’s astute book looks at how death becomes political, and how it can mobilize everyday citizens to argue for political change.  Pool examines four tragedies in American history—the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the lynching of Emmett Till, the Septemb