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Whose culture? : the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities / edited by James Cuno.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Acquisitions--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Museums.
- Museum exhibits--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Museum exhibits.
- Cultural property--Protection.
- Cultural property.
- Cultural property--Repatriation.
- Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Antiquities.
- Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Social aspects.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Museums--Philosophy.
- Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
- Social aspects.
- Museums--Acquisitions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- To shape the citizens of "that great city, the world" / Neil MacGregor
- "And what do you propose should be done with those objects?" / Philippe de Montebello
- Whose culture is it? / Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Antiquities and the importance - and limitations - of archaeological contexts / James C.Y. Watt
- Archaeologists, collectors, and museums / Sir John Boardman
- Censoring knowledge : the case for the publication of unprovenanced cuneiform tablets / David J. Owen
- Exhibiting indigenous heritage in the age of cultural property / Michael F. Brown
- Heritage and national treasures / Derek Gillman
- The nation and the object / John Henry Merryman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691133331
- 0691133336
- OCLC:
- 231834281
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