The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure /

Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object, a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores atte...

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Main Author:	Aly, Götz, 1947- (Author)
Other Authors:	Chase, Jefferson S. (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the German.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Luf-Boot (Boat) Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Germany. Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Papua New Guinea. Boats and boating > Papua New Guinea > History. Papua New Guinea > Antiquities.

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Summary:	Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object, a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago.
Item Description:	Originally published in German as Das Prachtboot : wie Deutsche die Kunstschätze der Südsee raubten, Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer Verlag, 2021.
Physical Description:	viii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780674276574 0674276574