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The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures
The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures
The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures
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“A very important contribution to the history of collecting in the new context of nationalism in China and in the West . . . innovative and engaging.” —American Historical Review

From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasures from northwestern China.

Based on a close analysis of previously neglected archives in English, French, and Chinese, Jacobs finds that many local elites in China acquiesced to the removal of art and antiquities abroad, understanding their trade as currency for a cosmopolitan elite. In the decades after the 1911 Revolution, however, these antiquities went from being “diplomatic capital” to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. A new generation of Chinese scholars began to criminalize the prior activities of archaeologists, erasing all memory of the pragmatic barter relationship that once existed in China. Recovering the voices of those local officials, scholars, and laborers who shaped the global trade in antiquities, The Compensations of Plunder brings historical grounding to a highly contentious topic in modern Chinese history, and informs heated debates over cultural restitution throughout the world.

“Clearly the result of a very meticulously researched project, The Compensations of Plunder is a well-crafted and tremendously enjoyable read.” —Pär Cassel, University of Michigan
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 13, 2020
ISBN9780226712154
The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures

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