Enlightening the world
Subtitle: the creation of the Statue of Liberty
By: Yasmin Sabina Khan.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780801448515
Subjects: Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, -- 1834-1904; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) -- History; Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History; United States -- Relations -- France; France -- Relations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The idea; title: A champion of liberty; title: Bonds of friendship; title: The French sculptor; title: Bartholdi's tour of America and the American architect; title: Washington, D.C., as a national symbol; title: Bartholdi's design; title: The statue takes shape; title: The American committee and the French engineers; title: Hunt designs a pedestal; title: Fundraising and a visionary sonnet; title: The unveiling.