The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story by Berenson, Edward
The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story by Berenson, Edward

The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story

A stirring new history of the Statue of Liberty, from its creation in France to its renewed...
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The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story by Berenson, Edward

The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story

$95.00
The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story by Berenson, Edward

The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story

$95.00
Author: Edward Berenson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A stirring new history of the Statue of Liberty, from its creation in France to its renewed significance in the post-9/11 years

"If you think you know all there is to know about the Statue of Liberty, you'll be pleasantly surprised."--Sam Roberts, New York Times

"The book unfolds like a play--the ups and downs of the project, the difficulties in raising money, in constructing it, in publicizing it, in maintaining it, and in celebrating it. A delight to read."--Gary Nash, author of The Liberty Bell

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.

Berenson begins with the French intellectuals who decided for their own domestic political reasons to pay monumental tribute to American liberty. Without any official backing, they designed the statue, announced the gift, and determined where it should go. The initial American response, not surprisingly, was less than enthusiastic, and the project had to overcome countless difficulties before the statue was at last unveiled to the public in New York Harbor in 1886. The trials of its inception and construction, however, are only half of the story. Berenson shows that the statue's symbolically indistinct, neoclassical form has allowed Americans to interpret its meaning in diverse ways: as representing the emancipation of the slaves, Tocqueville's idea of orderly liberty, opportunity for "huddled masses," and, in the years since 9/11, the freedom and resilience of New York City and the United States in the face of terror.



Author: Edward Berenson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 05/29/2012
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.81w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780300149500


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2012

About the Author

Edward Berenson is professor of history, director of the Institute of French Studies, and director of the Center for International Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, New York University. His previous books include Heroes of Empire: Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa. He lives in Irvington, NY.


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