Imperialism, Art and Restitution

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Author: John Henry Merryman

ISBN-10: 0521859298

ISBN-13: 9780521859295

Category: General & Miscellaneous Art

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This book is about whether or not great works of art should be returned.

1View from the universal museum15AppDeclaration on the importance and value of universal museums342From global pillage of pillars of collaboration373Museums as centers of cultural understanding474Imperial appropriations of the Parthenon655Whither the Elgin marbles?986The beautiful one has come - to return : the return of the bust of Nefertiti from Berlin to Cairo1147The beautiful one has come - to stay135App. IThe bust of Nefertiti : an annotated bibliography166App. IIA new translation of selected Egyptian antiquities laws (1881-1912)1758Nagpra from the middle distance : legal puzzles and unintended consequences1939Finders keepers and deep American history : some lessons in dispute resolution218