The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure / Götz Aly ; translated by Jefferson Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aly, Götz, 1947- author.

Contributor:

Chase, Jefferson S., translator.

Standardized Title:

Prachtboot. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Luf-Boot (Boat).

Cultural property--Destruction and pillage--Germany.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Destruction and pillage--Papua New Guinea.

Boats and boating--Papua New Guinea--History.

Boats and boating.

Papua New Guinea--Antiquities.

Papua New Guinea.

Antiquities.

Cultural property--Destruction and pillage.

Germany.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Scene of the Crime : German New Guinea

With Pastor Aly's Blessings

The Luf Boat as Museum Attraction

The 1882 Luf Massacre

"Bastian's Network" of Thieves

Deception, Larceny, and Looting

Curators, Crusaders, and Cannons

Ethnology, Child of Colonialism

The Luf Boat Comes to Berlin

An Artifact of an Ancient Culture

Islands Stripped Bare

Where Does the Luf Boat Belong?

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Originally published in German as Das Prachtboot : wie Deutsche die Kunstschätze der Südsee raubten, Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer Verlag, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780674276574

0674276574

OCLC:

1336709020