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

"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 restor...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aly, Götz, 1947- (Author)
Outros Autores: Chase, Jefferson S. (Translator)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
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Publicado em: Cambridge, Massachusetts The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv37vwf48
Sumário:
  • 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?