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Keeping their marbles : how the treasures of the past ended up in museums... and why they should stay there /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, Tiffany (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Museums > Acquisitions > Moral and ethical aspects.
Museums > Acquisitions > Social aspects.
Cultural property > Protection.
Cultural property > Repatriation.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Moral and ethical aspects.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Social aspects.
Museums > Collection management > Moral and ethical aspects.
Museums > Collection management > Social aspects.
Art > Collectors and collecting.
Museisamlingar.
Förvärv (museer)
Kulturarv.
Återlämning av kulturföremål.
Table of Contents:
  • Great explorers and curious collectors
  • The birth of the public museum
  • Antiquity fever
  • Cases of loot
  • Museum wars
  • Who owns culture?
  • The rise of identity museums
  • Atonement : making amends for past wrongs
  • Burying knowledge : the fate of human remains
  • Concluding thoughts.