| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 152 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations |
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text file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The lady in the jeweled dog collar -- The case of the missing masterpiece -- Ghost dancing at Wounded Knee -- Babe Ruth on a quail hunt -- The only pharaoh outside of Egypt -- Selling history -- Sumerian plunder -- Heroes. |
| Summary |
"Tells the dark and compelling stories of iconic cultural objects that were stolen, smuggled or sold, and eventually returned back to their original owner. This book is structured as a series of vivid stories in which the reader joins the author as she uncovers a cultural treasure and follows its often-convoluted trail. Along the way author and reader encounter a cast of fascinating characters from the underbelly of the cultural world: unscrupulous grave robbers, sinister middlemen, ruthless art dealers, venal Nazis, canny lawyers, valiant academics, unstoppable investigative reporters, unwitting curators, and dedicated government officials"--Provided by publishers |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- Protection -- Anecdotes.
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Archaeological thefts -- Anecdotes.
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Archaeological thefts. |
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Art thefts -- Anecdotes.
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Art thefts. |
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Smuggling -- Anecdotes.
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Smuggling. |
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Black market -- Anecdotes.
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Archaeological thefts -- Investigation -- Anecdotes.
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Art thefts -- Investigation -- Anecdotes.
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Black market -- Anecdotes. |
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Black market. |
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20.19 art and society: other. |
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Art thefts -- Investigation. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Moses, Nancy, 1948- Stolen, smuggled, sold 9780759121928 (DLC) 2015017242 (OCoLC)909198236 |
| ISBN |
9780759121942 (electronic book) |
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075912194X (electronic book) |
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9780759121928 |
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0759121923 |
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9780759121935 |
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0759121931 |
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