THE RETURN OF CULTURAL TREASURES
by Greenfield, Jeanette
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521471702
- ISBN 13
- 9780521471701
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0521471702 . Upper corners very slightly bumped. Else book is fine. DJ has faint creasing along edges. ; The return of cultural treasures to their homelands has become the subject of heated public debate in recent years, highlighted by the controversial case of the Elgin Marbles. In this important and pioneering work, Jeanette Greenfield discusses the historical, legal and political issues surrounding a wide cross-section of cases. Extremely readable and highly illustrated, this updated, revised edition includes new chapters on art treasures and museums in post-Soviet Russia, claims to the Vatican for Hebrew manuscripts, and the saga of the Dead Sea Scrolls. ; 351 pages .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-484) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20722
- Title
- THE RETURN OF CULTURAL TREASURES
- Author
- Greenfield, Jeanette
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521471702
- ISBN 13
- 9780521471701
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge [england]
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 0521471702, Social & Cultural, Archeology & Archaeology, Museum Collections, Art And Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Art & Architecture;
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