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Who owns antiquity? : museums and the battle over our ancient heritage /

By: Cuno, James.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008Description: xxxvii, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691148106 (pbk.); 9780691137124; 0691148104 (pbk.).Subject(s): Museums -- Acquisitions -- Philosophy | Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Philosophy | Museums -- Collection management -- International cooperation | Cultural property | Cultural property -- RepatriationDDC classification: 069.5
Contents:
Introduction: The crux of the matter -- Political matters -- More political matters -- The Turkish question -- The Chinese question -- Identity matters -- Epilogue.
Summary: Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found has proven to be a controversial issue in the art world today. In this book, James Cuno argues that antiquities are the cultural property of all humankind and not that of a particular modern nation-state.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 069.5 CUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0091221
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The crux of the matter -- Political matters -- More political matters -- The Turkish question -- The Chinese question -- Identity matters -- Epilogue.

Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found has proven to be a controversial issue in the art world today. In this book, James Cuno argues that antiquities are the cultural property of all humankind and not that of a particular modern nation-state.

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