Sentinel : : The Unlikely Origins of the Statue of Liberty / / Francesca Lidia Viano.

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 i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (576 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Sea-Bound Comet
  • 2. The Winter Party
  • 3. The Fondeur
  • 4. An American Astray
  • 5. The Sin of Color
  • 6. The Road to Hell
  • 7. The Atelier of the Exiles
  • 8. Monsters Out
  • 9. Lighthouses of the World
  • 10. Hidden Devils
  • 11. Queen of the South
  • 12. Fables of Madness
  • 13. Cuckoo Apocalypse
  • 14. The Veiled Valkyrie
  • 15. Hemispheric Conversion
  • 16. Revenge
  • 17. The American Scene
  • 18. Stella
  • 19. Adorable Woman
  • 20. Autopsia
  • 21. The Democratic Watch
  • 22. Open Tomb
  • 23. Children’s Torch
  • 24. The Phantom of the Opera
  • 25. Miscendo Utile Dulci
  • 26. Advice to All Nations
  • 27. The Idea
  • Epilogue: Dot-dot- dot- dash
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index