Jeanette Greenfield

The Return of Cultural Treasures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The return of cultural treasures to their homelands inspires fierce debate, as the case of the Elgin Marbles illustrates. The third edition of The Return of Cultural Treasures, first published in 2007, explores the historical, legal and political issues at play and examines the most recent developments in the unfolding story of cultural restitution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9781107625402
• ISBN-10: 1107625408
• Artikelnr.: 39343962

Autorenporträt

Jeanette Greenfield is Australian and graduated from Melbourne and Cambridge Universities before taking her Ph.D. at Cambridge in international law.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction Magnus Magnusson
1. The Icelandic manuscripts
2. The Elgin Marbles debate
3. British and other European practice
4. Some British cases
5. American and Canadian practice
6. Russia and the former Soviet Union
7. The Hebrew manuscripts
8. International and regional regulation
9. Art theft and the art market
10. Plunder
11. The first people
12. Ground zero
13. Homecomings: real and virtual
Notes
List of appendices in microfiche in first edition (1989)
Select bibliography
Select list of web sites
Index.