Keeping Their Marbles
Author | : Tiffany Jenkins |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198817185 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198817185 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Download or read book Keeping Their Marbles written by Tiffany Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past two centuries and more, the West has acquired the treasures of antiquity to fill its museums, so that visitors to the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan in New York - to name but a few - can wonder at the ingenuity of humanity throughout the ages. However, in the opinion of most people, many of these items are looted property and should be returned immediately. In 'Keeping Their Marbles', Tiffany Jenkins tells the intriguing and sometimes bloody story of how the West came to acquire these treasures. Originally published: 2016.