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Complete Endnotes - Plundered Empire: Acquiring Antiquities from Ottoman Lands

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posted on 2019-06-19, 08:52 authored by Brill Books1Brill Books1, Michael Greenhalgh
Most accounts of the history of collecting and museums concentrate on the European end. Plundered Empire details how and where antiquities were sought, uncovered, bartered, paid for or stolen, and any tribulations in getting them home. The book provides evidence for the continuing debate about the ethics of museum collections, with 19th century international competition the spur to spectacular acquisitions.

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