| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Crux of the Matter; One: Political Matters; Two: More Political Matters; Three: The Turkish Question; Four: The Chinese Question; Five: Identity Matters; Epilogue; Afterword to the Paperback Edition; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisition of undocumented antiquities by museums encourages the looting of archaeological sites, countries such as Italy, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and China have claimed ancient artifacts as state property, called for their return from museums around the world, and passed laws against their future export. But |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Philosophy
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Cultural property.
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Cultural property -- Repatriation.
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Museums -- Acquisitions -- Philosophy
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Museums -- Collection management -- International cooperation
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Cultural property
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Cultural property -- Repatriation
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History & Archaeology.
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Archaeology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400839247 |
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1400839246 |
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