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Loot : Britain and the Benin bronzes / Barnaby Phillips.
Fine Arts Library NB1099.N5 P45 2021
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Barnaby, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bronzes, African.
- Art thefts--Nigeria--History--19th century.
- Art thefts.
- History.
- Nigeria--History--1851-1899.
- Nigeria.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Oneworld Publications, 2021.
- Contents:
- 1 The closer one gets to Benin, the farther away it is p. 1
- 2 Easily as big as the town of Haarlem and enclosed by a remarkable wall p. 17
- 3 The white men, greater than me and you, are coming shortly to fight and remove you p. 34
- 4 No revolvers, gentlemen, no revolvers p. 51
- 5 English justice, when outraged, is something to be feared p. 62
- 6 No force on Earth can stop the British from getting to Benin p. 73
- 7 A regular harvest of loot! p. 86
- 8 The white man is the only man who is King in this country p. 96
- 9 See how their families fared p. 110
- 10 Purely African, thoroughly and exclusively out and out African p. 121
- 11 Strange harvests come home to King Street p. 136
- 12 Like ripping pages out of our history p. 154
- 13 Family secrets p. 173
- 14 Toochly-Poochly p. 196
- 15 All done for the sake of Nigeria p. 210
- 16 Please, sir, when will Britain give back the Benin Bronzes? p. 229
- 17 A lot of history we just never heard about p. 250
- 18 How do you think your ancestors got these? p. 262
- 19 We can make it win-win p. 280.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Phillips, Barnaby. Loot.
- ISBN:
- 1786079356
- 9781786079350
- OCLC:
- 1191210553
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