The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure

The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure / G̐uotz Aly ; translated by Jefferson Chase.

Author/creator	Aly, G̐uotz, 1947- author.
Other author/creator	Chase, Jefferson S., translator.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023.
Description	pages cm
Subject(s)	Luf-Boot (Boat) Cultural property--Destruction and pillage --Germany. Cultural property--Destruction and pillage --Papua New Guinea. Boats and boating--Papua New Guinea --History. Papua New Guinea--Antiquities.

Uniform title	Prachtboot. English
Contents	The Scene of the Crime : German New Guinea -- With Pastor Aly's Blessings -- The Luf Boat as Museum Attraction -- The 1882 Luf Massacre -- "Bastian's Network" of Thieves -- Deception, Larceny, and Looting -- Curators, Crusaders, and Cannons -- Ethnology, Child of Colonialism -- The Luf Boat Comes to Berlin -- An Artifact of an Ancient Culture -- Islands Stripped Bare -- Where Does the Luf Boat Belong?
Abstract	"G̐uotz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Originally published in German as Das Prachtboot : wie Deutsche die Kunstsch̐uatze der S̐uudsee raubten, Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer Verlag, 2021.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of	Translation of: Aly, G̐uotz, 1947- Prachtboot. Originalausgabe. Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, [2021] 9783103970364
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2022031710
ISBN	9780674276574
ISBN	0674276574

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