The Hall of Fame for Great Americans

• Verfasst von: Gerami, Sheila [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The Hall of Fame for Great Americans
• Titelzusatz: a biography of Stanford White's forgotten memorial
• Verf.angabe: Sheila Gerami
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: Knoxville
• Verlag: The University of Tennessee Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: ix, 251 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York, 2015, under the title: The Hall of Fame for Great Americans : the evolution of a forgotten memorial ; Includes bibliographical references and index
• Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, City University of New York, 2015
• ISBN: 978-1-62190-865-4
• Schlagwörter: (p)White, Stanford / (g)Hall of Fame for Great Americans <New York, NY>
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Gerami, Sheila: Hall of Fame for Great Americans. - Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2024] |(DLC)2023056323
• K10plus-PPN: 1877089176

Abstract

"This book provides the first institutional and social history of America's first hall of fame, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, from its dynamic opening in 1901 through its protracted decline in the late twentieth century and brief return to relevancy in 2017-when, in response to the violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, Governer Andrew Cuomo called for the removal of the Hall's busts of Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Sheila Gerami examines in depth what is arguably the least studied project of Stanford White, one of the most distinguished architects of the Gilded Age. Originally designed for New York University's new campus in the Bronx, the Hall once housed ninety-eight bronze busts of men and women deemed "great Americans" within its elegant colonnade, including the likes of George Washington, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Booker T. Washington, Susan B. Anthony, and Robert E. Lee. Gerami argues that the rise and fall of this public art memorial mirrors the nation's changing conception of what comprises a hero and what it means to be great in America"--