From plunder to preservation :
From plunder to preservation : Britain and the heritage of empire, c.1800-1940 /
Britain and the heritage of empire, c.1800-1940
edited by Astrid Swenson and Peter Mandler.
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
- xii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
- Proceedings of the British Academy, 187 0068-1202 ; .
- Proceedings of the British Academy ; 187. .
Papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, England, in March, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The heritage of empire / Of doubtful antiquity : fighting for the past in the Crimean War / Officers and gentlemen? : Roman Britain and the British Empire / Unity out of diversity? : the making of a modern Christian monument in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan / Unholy water : archaeology, the Bible, and the first Aswan Dam / The Cotswolds in Jerusalem : restoration and empire / Appropriation to supremacy : ideas of the 'native' in the rise of British Imperial Heritage / Monument preservation and the vexing question of religious structures in Colonial India / Representing Ancient Egypt at imperial high noon (1882-1922) : Egyptological careers and artistic allegories of civilization / Publication as preservation at a remote Maya site in the early twentieth century / Plunder or preservation? : negotiating an Anglo-American heritage in the later nineteenth century in the Old World and the New : Shakespeare's birthplace, Niagara Falls, and Carlyle's house / Dying Americans : race, extinction, and conservation in the New World / Astrid Swenson -- Edmund Richardson -- Mary Beard -- Robin Cormack -- David Gange -- Simon Goldhill -- Sujit Sivasundaram -- Indra Sengupta -- Donald Malcolm Reid -- Donna Yates -- Melanie Hall -- Sadiah Qureshi. Part I: Introduction. Part II: The classical world. Part III: The biblical world. Part IV: Empires and civilizations. Part V: The New World.
9780197265413 (hbk.) 0197265413 (hbk.)
2012277798
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016209948 Uk
Cultural property--Protection--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Historic preservation--History--Great Britain--Congresses.
Pillage--Congresses.
Imperialism--Congresses.
Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Corrupt practices--Congresses.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--Congresses.
Great Britain--Civilization--19th century--Congresses.
Great Britain--Civilization--20th century--Congresses.
CC135. / F76 2013
909.0971241
Papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, England, in March, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The heritage of empire / Of doubtful antiquity : fighting for the past in the Crimean War / Officers and gentlemen? : Roman Britain and the British Empire / Unity out of diversity? : the making of a modern Christian monument in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan / Unholy water : archaeology, the Bible, and the first Aswan Dam / The Cotswolds in Jerusalem : restoration and empire / Appropriation to supremacy : ideas of the 'native' in the rise of British Imperial Heritage / Monument preservation and the vexing question of religious structures in Colonial India / Representing Ancient Egypt at imperial high noon (1882-1922) : Egyptological careers and artistic allegories of civilization / Publication as preservation at a remote Maya site in the early twentieth century / Plunder or preservation? : negotiating an Anglo-American heritage in the later nineteenth century in the Old World and the New : Shakespeare's birthplace, Niagara Falls, and Carlyle's house / Dying Americans : race, extinction, and conservation in the New World / Astrid Swenson -- Edmund Richardson -- Mary Beard -- Robin Cormack -- David Gange -- Simon Goldhill -- Sujit Sivasundaram -- Indra Sengupta -- Donald Malcolm Reid -- Donna Yates -- Melanie Hall -- Sadiah Qureshi. Part I: Introduction. Part II: The classical world. Part III: The biblical world. Part IV: Empires and civilizations. Part V: The New World.
9780197265413 (hbk.) 0197265413 (hbk.)
2012277798
GBB2B4165 bnb
016209948 Uk
Cultural property--Protection--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Historic preservation--History--Great Britain--Congresses.
Pillage--Congresses.
Imperialism--Congresses.
Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Corrupt practices--Congresses.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--Congresses.
Great Britain--Civilization--19th century--Congresses.
Great Britain--Civilization--20th century--Congresses.
CC135. / F76 2013
909.0971241