Loot : Britain and the Benin bronzes / Barnaby Phillips.

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