Keeping their marbles : how the treasures of the past ended up in museums...and why they should stay there
Jenkins, Tiffany2018
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For the past two centuries and more, the West has acquired the treasures of antiquity to fill its museums, so that visitors to the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan in New York - to name but a few - can wonder at the ingenuity of humanity throughout the ages. However, in the opinion of most people, many of these items are looted property and should be returned immediately. In 'Keeping Their Marbles', Tiffany Jenkins tells the intriguing and sometimes bloody story of how the West came to acquire these treasures.
Main title:
Author:
Jenkins, Tiffany, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Collation:
384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780198817185 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
069.509
Language:
English
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BRN:
252557