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Imperialism, art and restitution / edited by John Henry Merryman.
- Title
- Imperialism, art and restitution / edited by John Henry Merryman.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Merryman, John Henry.
- Description
- x, 267 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The issue of returning art and cultural property removed from explored or conquered lands by Americans and Europeans is an unresolved problem. This book is about the return, or not, of works of art and antiquity taken during the Age of Imperialism and now held in museums and private collections. Arguments put forth by the states seeking return or restitution for lost art treasures and meaningful cultural icons are pitted against conservator interests who maintain that these art treasures and cultural artefacts belong to all humanity and should be preserved in museums. In this volume, scholars and authorities on art, cultural property law and museum collections offer contrasting views on topics such as the Elgin Marbles, the return of the Nefertiti Bust and the problems and progress of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)."--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- View from the universal museum / James Cuno -- From global pillage to pillars of collaboration / Talat Halman -- Museums as centers of cultural understanding / Willard L. Boyd -- Imperial appropriations of the Parthenon / William St Clair -- Whither the Elgin Marbles? / John Henry Merryman -- The beautiful one has come -- to return : the return of the Bust of Nefertiti from Berlin to Cairo / Kurt G. Siehr -- The beautiful one has come -- to stay / Stephen K. Urice. Appendix I: The Bust of Nefertiti: An Annotated Bibliography / Tracy Musacchio ; Appendix II: A New Translation of Selected Egyptian Antiquities Laws (1881 -1912) / Adrienne L. Fricke -- NAGPRA from the middle distance : legal puzzles and unintended consequences / Michael F. Brown and Margaret M. Bruchac -- Finders keepers and deep American history : some lessons in dispute resolution / David Hurst Thomas.
- ISBN
- 0521859298 (hardback)
- 9780521859295
- LCCN
- ^^2006040561
- OCLC
- 67361364
- SCSB-10476758
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library