Verfasst von:	Jacobs, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The compensations of plunder
Titelzusatz:	how China lost its treasures
Verf.angabe:	Justin M. Jacobs
Verlagsort:	Chicago ; London
Verlag:	University of Chicago Press
Jahr:	2020
Umfang:	vii, 348 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Karten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Silk roads
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-0-226-71201-7
	978-0-226-71196-6
Abstract:	Sahibs in the desert -- Accumulating culture -- Gentlemen of empire -- The priceless nation -- Rise of the apprentices -- Foreign devils begone -- Conclusion.
	"From the early 1890s to World War I, countless manuscripts and artworks were taken from northwestern China and brought to museums and libraries abroad, thanks not only to opportunistic explorers but also the Chinese officials who hosted them. In The Compensations of Plunder, historian Justin M. Jacobs contends that trans-imperial upper-class loyalties explain this surprising cooperation between Western archaeologists and local elites who gave them access to local treasures. As the imperial age drew to a close, the antiquities themselves went from being "diplomatic capital" that was traded among a cosmopolitan elite to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. Based on a wealth of sources in several languages, Jacobs's book examines the nuanced story of-and diverse motivations behind-the antiquities trade along the Silk Road and the unlikely, fraught partnerships that made it possible"--
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780226712017.pdf
Schlagwörter:	(g)China    / (s)Ausgrabung    / (s)Kunstraub    / (s)Verlust    / (z)Geschichte 1790-1918
	(g)China    / (g)Europa    / (g)USA    / (s)Museum    / (s)Exponat    / (s)Kunstkauf    / (z)Geschichte 1790-1918
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Jacobs, Justin M.: The Compensations of Plunder. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020. - 1 online resource (357 pages)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Jacobs, Justin, 1980 - : The compensations of plunder. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 348 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:	LC 90440
K10plus-PPN:	1682199010