Item details: The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure - 48455304

The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure

text The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure

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... Read more

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 -- Eth... Read more

Format: text

Description: viii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	995.3 ALY in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	995.3 ALY in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Luf-Boot (Boat) Cultural property Destruction and pillage Germany Cultural property Destruction and pillage Papua New Guinea Boats and boating Papua New Guinea History Papua New Guinea Antiquities Antiquities Boats and boating Cultural property Destruction and pillage Germany Papua New Guinea

Aly, Götz Chase, Jefferson S. Luf-Boot (Boat)

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