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    Imperialism, art and restitution / edited by John Henry Merryman.

    • Title:Imperialism, art and restitution / edited by John Henry Merryman.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Merryman, John Henry.
    • Published/Created:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation.
      Restitution.
      Art thefts.
      Law and art.
    • Description:x, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0521859298 (hardback)
    • Contents:1. View from the universal museum / James Cuno
      App. Declaration on the importance and value of universal museums
      2. From global pillage of pillars of collaboration / Talat Halman
      3. Museums as centers of cultural understanding / Willard L. Boyd
      4. Imperial appropriations of the Parthenon / William St. Clair
      5. Whither the Elgin marbles? / John Henry Merryman
      6. beautiful one has come - to return : the return of the bust of Nefertiti from Berlin to Cairo / Kurt G. Siehr
      7. beautiful one has come - to stay / Stephen K. Urice
      App. I. bust of Nefertiti : an annotated bibliography / Tracy Musacchio
      App. II. new translation of selected Egyptian antiquities laws (1881-1912) / Adrienne L. Fricke
      8. Nagpra from the middle distance : legal puzzles and unintended consequences / Michael F. Brown and Margaret M. Bruchac
      9. Finders keepers and deep American history : some lessons in dispute resolution / David Hurst Thomas.
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