Screen LibraryThe Statue of Liberty : a transatlantic story /
A universally recognized icon, the Statue of Liberty is perhaps the most beloved of all American symbols. Yet no one living in 1885, when the crated monument arrived in New York Harbor, could have foreseen the central place the Statue of Liberty would come to occupy in the American imagination. With...
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven, CT : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Icons of America
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A universally recognized icon, the Statue of Liberty is perhaps the most beloved of all American symbols. Yet no one living in 1885, when the crated monument arrived in New York Harbor, could have foreseen the central place the Statue of Liberty would come to occupy in the American imagination. With the particular insights of a cultural historian and scholar of French history, Edward Berenson tells the little-known stories of the statue's improbable beginnings, transatlantic connections, and the changing meanings it has held for each successive American generation. --from publisher description. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 229 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300149500 (hardback) : 0300149506 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | F128 |
| CLC: | K887.129.3 |
| Call Number: | K887.129.3/B489 |
| Contents: | The idea -- Paying for it -- Building it -- American reticence? -- The unveiling -- Huddled masses -- From neglect to commemoration -- The popular imagination -- Restoration -- The centennial celebration -- Coda : 2011. |