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 | Chase, Jefferson S., translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Subjects |
| 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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