The Return of cultural treasures / Jeanette Greenfield.
By: Greenfield, Jeanette
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge : CUP, 2007.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxii, 500 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780521802161 (hbk.)Subject(s): Cultural property -- Protection | Cultural property -- Protection (International law) | RestitutionDDC classification: 363.69Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | British Museum | Prints and Drawings | Shelves | Bj.3.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 54060000219963 |
Includes index.
Bibliography: pp. 474-484.
Contents: The Icelandic manuscripts. - The Elgin marbles debate. - British and other European practice. - Some British cases. - American and Canadian practice. - Russia and the former Soviet Union. - The Hebrew manuscripts. - International and regional regulations. - Art theft and the art market. - Plunder. - The first people. - Ground zero. - Homecomings: real and virtual.