Enlightening the world : the creation of the Statue of Liberty / Yasmin Sabina Khan.

Main entry:

Khan, Yasmin Sabina.

Title & Author:

Enlightening the world : the creation of the Statue of Liberty / Yasmin Sabina Khan.

Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.

Description:

viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The idea -- A champion of liberty -- Bonds of friendship -- The French sculptor -- Bartholdi's tour of America and the American architect -- Washington, D.C., as a national symbol -- Bartholdi's design -- The statue takes shape -- The American committee and the French engineers -- Hunt designs a pedestal -- Fundraising and a visionary sonnet -- The unveiling.

Summary:

A history of the Statue of Liberty that discusses the design of the sculpture, the people who created it, and the events in France and the United States that influenced them.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780801448515 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0801448514 (cloth ; alk. paper)
40017762077

Subject:

Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904.
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste. "La liberté éclairant le monde" - construction.
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste. "La Liberté éclairant le monde" 1865 / 1886.
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) History.
Monuments New York (State) New York Design and construction.
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) Histoire.
Buildings.
International relations.
Monuments Design and construction.
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)
Förenta staterna historia 1800-talet.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. History.
United States Relations France.
France Relations United States.
France.
New York (State) New York.
United States.
Freiheitsstatue
New York; Freiheitsstatue.
New York (N.Y.) Freiheitsstatue.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century^ART / Sculpture & Installation^HISTORY / Europe / France.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266633
Call No.: BIB 198587
Status: Available

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