Matthew Campbell & Jaqueline M. Labbe 
Memory and Memorials, 1789-1914 [PDF ebook] 
Literary and Cultural Perspectives

Ranging historically from the French Revolution to the beginnings of Modernism, this book examines the significance of memory in an era of furious social change. Through an examination of literature, history and science the authors explore the theme of memory as a tool of social progression. This book offers a fresh theoretical understanding of the period and a wealth of empirical material of use to the historian, literature student or social psychologist.