Loot - Britain and the Benin Bronzes

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barnaby Phillips, Phillips Barnaby
• Editore: Oneworld
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781786079350
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-935-0
• Pagine: 400
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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