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1 online resource (xii, 220 pages :) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Whose Culture?; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE The Value of Museums; To Shape the Citizens of "That Great City, the World"; "And What Do You Propose Should Be Done with Those Objects?"; Whose Culture Is It?; PART TWO The Value of Antiquities; Antiquities and the Importance--and Limitations--of Archaeological Contexts; Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums; Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets; PART THREE Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property. |
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Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural PropertyHeritage and National Treasures; The Nation and the Object; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that lay exclusive claim to them. Now in Whose Culture?, Cuno assembles preeminent museum directors, curators, and scholars to explain for themselves what's at stake in this struggle--and why the museums' critics couldn't be more wrong. Source countries and archaeologists favor tough cultural property laws restric. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. |
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Social aspects.
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Social aspects. |
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Cultural property -- Protection.
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
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Cultural property -- Repatriation.
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Cultural property -- Repatriation. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Museum exhibits. |
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Museums -- Acquisitions -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Museums -- Acquisitions -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Museums -- Acquisitions. |
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Museums -- Philosophy.
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Museums -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cuno, James B.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whose culture?. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2008024834 |
| ISBN |
9781400833047 (electronic book) |
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1400833043 (electronic book) |
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9780691133331 |
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9780691154435 |
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