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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797396303321

Autore

Moses Nancy <1948->

Titolo

Stolen, smuggled, sold : on the hunt for cultural treasures / / Nancy Moses

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7591-2194-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

364.16/289

364.16289

Soggetti

Cultural property - Protection

Archaeological thefts

Art thefts

Smuggling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

<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>