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Autore |
Moses Nancy <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Stolen, smuggled, sold : on the hunt for cultural treasures / / Nancy Moses |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cultural property - Protection |
Archaeological thefts |
Art thefts |
Smuggling |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Lady in the Jeweled Dog Collar; 2 The Case of the Missing Masterpiece; 3 Ghost Dancing at Wounded Knee; 4 Babe Ruth on a Quail Hunt; 5 The Only Pharaoh Outside of Egypt; 6 Selling History; 7 Sumerian Plunder; 8 Heroes; Sources; Additional Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Stolen, Smuggled Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures </span><span>tells the dark and compelling stories of iconic cultural objects that were stolen, smuggled or sold, and eventually returned back to their original owner. </span><span>The book includes full-color photos of the objects.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span> |
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