Title: The Statue of Liberty revisited : making a universal symbol /
Authors: Dillon, Wilton S., 1923-; Kotler, Neil G., 1941-; Dillon, Wilton S., 1923-
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); Women United States Social conditions.; New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.; United States Emigration and immigration.
Contents: 1. The Statue of Liberty as Idea, Symbol, and Historical Presence / Neil G. Kotler -- 2. Liberty and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century France and America / Seymour Drescher -- 3. The Universal Appeal of the Statue of Liberty / Christian Blanchet -- 4. The Lady and the Huddled Masses: The Statue of Liberty as a Symbol of Immigration / Rudolph J. Vecoli -- 5. Liberty as Image and Icon / Bertrand Dard -- 6. Everybody's Gal: Women, Boundaries, and Monuments / Barbara A. Babcock and John J. Macaloon -- 7. Chinese Perspectives: A Beijing Chronicle and Chinese Views of Liberty, Democracy, and the Pursuit of Scientific Knowledge / Tsao Hsingyuan and Fang Li Zhi -- 8. The Engineering of Symbols: The Statue of Liberty and Other Nineteenth-Century Towers and Monuments / David P. Billington -- 9. The Ultimate Gift / Wilton S. Dillon.