International law, museums and the return of cultural objects
"While the question of the return of cultural objects is by no means a new one, it has become the subject of increasingly intense debate in recent years. This important book explores the removal and the return of cultural objects from occupied communities during the last two centuries and analyses the concurrent evolution of international cultural heritage law. The book focuses on the significant influence exerted by British, U.S. and Australian governments and museums on international law and museum policy in response to restitution claims. It shows that these claims, far from heralding the long-feared dissolution of museums and their collections, provide museums with a vital, new role in the process of self-determination and cultural identity. Compelling and thought-provoking throughout, this book is essential reading for archaeologists, international lawyers and all those involved in cultural resource management."--Publisher's website
Print Book, English, 2008
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2008
xxxviii, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
9780521841429, 9780521732406, 0521841429, 0521732409
964596932
The state and national culture in the early nineteenth century
International law, international exhibition in the late nineteenth century
Dismantling empires and post-First World War peace treaties
Colonised peoples and the League of Nations
Restitution in the mid twentieth century
Genocide, human rights and colonised peoples during the Cold War
Decolonisation without restitution
Indigenous peoples and restitution as a process
Indigenous peoples, states and reconciliation