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The Return of Cultural Treasures

The Return of Cultural Treasures

by Magnus Magnusson (Introduction), JeanetteGreenfield (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

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Synopsis

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 so-called Elgin Marbles. In this important and pioneering work, Jeanette Greenfield analyses and discusses the historical, legal and political issues surrounding a wide cross-section of similar cases. This concise, revised edition brings the story up to date, with new material on art treasures and museums in Russia after the break-up of the Soviet Union, the claims to the Vatican of the Hebrew Manuscripts, and the saga of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is an extremely readable account with more than one hundred striking illustrations. The interdisciplinary approach makes it accessible to a wide range of readers interested in cultural heritage, archaeology and anthropology, museums, art history and international law.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 373
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 26 Jan 1996
ISBN 10: 0521477468
ISBN 13: 9780521477468
Book Overview: New edition of Greenfield's pioneering study about the legal, political and historical aspects of cultural restitution.

Media Reviews
'She brings style, enthusiasm and the mind of an international lawyer to the complex historical legal and political issues ...' The Times
' ... a fine book on a very important subject often surrounded not just by controversy but plain lies. It is a book which all interested in the cultural heritage of the people of the world will find very rewarding reading.' Sydney Morning Herald
This provocative, richly illustrated study deserves a wide readership. Publishers Weekly
...a very valuable and important work. [Greenfield] presents fully researched discussions of scores of cases argued over many years concerning national requests for 'repatriation' and 'return' of art and artifacts allegedly or manifestly illegally removed. The good index allows the book to be consulted for specific cases. American Journal of Archaeology
The author makes a cogent and compelling argument for the return of these artifacts. In so doing, she illustrates the complexity of the issues of public and private international law involved, and the barriers to securing international agreement on a comprehensive policy concerning cultural treasures. The International Lawyer
This remarkably lucid set of case studies unravels many of the intricacies of the relatively brief history of theory and practice that, by fits and starts, has laid some groundwork for the workings of the contemporary repatriation process....Greenfield ably presents the different points of view that construct the history of these case studies. Her interpretations of the legal proceedings that affected the outcome of these many requests for the return of cultural property are those of a sensitive and thoughtful observer. This useful volume is dense with good reporting, but most well done because these studies are not just reports. Judith Ostrowitz, Curator