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The Parthenon marbles : the case for reunification / Christopher Hitchens ; preface by Nadine Gordimer with essays by Robert Browning and Charalambos Bouras.
- Title
- The Parthenon marbles : the case for reunification / Christopher Hitchens ; preface by Nadine Gordimer with essays by Robert Browning and Charalambos Bouras.
- Author
- Hitchens, Christopher
- Publication
- London ; New York : Verso, 2008.
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- Description
- xxvii, 161 p. : ill., plans; 20 cm.
- Summary
- In 1801, Lord Elgin removed some of the Parthenon's most beautiful sculptures to Britain, sparking a controversy which continues to this day. Hitchens recounts the history of the Elgin Marbles, and forcefully argues for their return to Greece.
- Uniform Title
- Elgin Marbles
- Alternative Title
- Elgin Marbles
- Subject
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- History
- Note
- "First published as The Elgin Marbles by Chatto & Windus Ltd 1987."--T.p. verso.
- Previous ed.: 1997.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The Parthenon in history / Robert Browning -- The Elgin Marbles / Christopher Hitchens -- The restitution works on the Acropolis monuments / Charalambos Bouras.
- ISBN
- 9781844672523 (pbk.)
- 1844672522 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 191754304
- SCSB-10336847
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library