Sentinel : the unlikely origins of the Statue of Liberty /

Icon of freedom and multiethnic democracy, memorial to Franco-American friendship, the lofty meanings we accord the Statue of Liberty today obscure its turbulent origins in 19th-century politics and art. Francesca Lidia Viano reveals that vibrant history in the fullest account yet of the people and...

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Main Author:	Viano, Francesca Lidia, 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, > 1834-1904. Laboulaye, Édouard, > 1811-1883. Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) > History. Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.) > History.