Loot - Britain and the Benin Bronzes

A tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of art

About the author

Barnaby Phillips spent over twenty-five years as a journalist, reporting for the BBC from Mozambique, Angola, Nigeria and South Africa before joining Al Jazeera English. He is the author of Another Man’s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain’s Forgotten African Army and Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes. He grew up in Kenya and now lives in London.

Summary

A tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of art

Product details

• Authors: Barnaby Phillips, Phillips Barnaby
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781786079350
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-935-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Nigeria, European History, British Empire, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / Art & Politics, ART / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, HISTORY / Africa / Central, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, Sociology & anthropology, African History, Sociology and anthropology