Streets Paved With Gold: Immigration and the Image of America
Keywords:
Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, immigration, American identityAbstract
This article examines the transformation of the Statue of Liberty into a central symbol of immigration and American identity. It argues that Emma Lazarus’s poem The New Colossus played a key role in redefining the monument’s meaning. The study traces how the image of America as a land of opportunity emerged over time, contrasting early colonial exploitation with later immigrant expectations.
(The abstract and keywords were prepared retrospectively for indexing purposes using AI-assisted tools and editorial review, based on the original article. They did not appear in the original publication.)
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