This quick read doesn't go into much depth -- many of its chapters could be full books in themselves -- but it's an interesting overview which reminds us that the theft or unethical acquisition of cultural property goes well beyond the infamous Elgin marbles, the Berlin bust of Nefertiti or the plunder of war that enabled Napoleon to fill the Louvre with treasures. This is an issue that bedevils most of the great museums of the Western world, and many smaller ones as well -- all of them stuffed with artifacts wrested from their places of origin and special meaning by a brief but lucrative period of triumphant imperialism. The word "loot" comes from the Hindi, and describes neatly the cultural rape of India during the British raj, a process indulged in as well by many other countries when they played top dog in one locale or another. Recently, the chickens seem to be coming home to roost, and it will be interesting to see how, if and when repatriation occurs.
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