Search for dissertations about: "war booty"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words war booty.
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1. Displaying Loot: The Benin objects and the British Museum
Abstract : This study deals with the objects, now in the British Museum, that were looted from Benin City, present-day Nigeria, in 1897. It looks at how the museum represents the Benin objects, the Edo/African, the British/Westerner, and the British Museum. READ MORE
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2. The Mild Boredom of Order : A Study in the History of the Manuscript Collection of Queen Christina of Sweden
Abstract : This study examines how the Latin manuscript collection of Queen Christina of Sweden was formed, what function it served for the queen and for others, and how various attempts to impose order on it reflect different epistemological traditions. A recurring theme of the study is the creation of order and the title, The Mild Boredom of Order, a quotation taken from an essay on book collecting by Walter Benjamin, refers to this pervasive theme. READ MORE