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03528aam a2200589 i 4500 001 93C4FBC6403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201217010015 008 191106t20202020iluab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019049554 020 $a 022671201X 020 $a 9780226712017 020 $a 022671196X 020 $a 9780226711966 035 $a (OCoLC)1117628107 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d ERASA $d CDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- $a e------ $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a DS793.N6 $b J33 2020 082 00 $a 951/.600909 $2 23 100 1 $a Jacobs, Justin, $d 1980- $e author. 245 14 $a The compensations of plunder : $b how China lost its treasures / $c Justin M. Jacobs. 264 1 $a Chicago : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2020. 300 $a vii, 348 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Silk roads 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index. 505 0 $a Sahibs in the desert -- Accumulating culture -- Gentlemen of empire -- The priceless nation -- Rise of the apprentices -- Foreign devils begone -- Conclusion. 520 $a "From the early 1890s to World War I, countless manuscripts and artworks were taken from northwestern China and brought to museums and libraries abroad, thanks not only to opportunistic explorers but also the Chinese officials who hosted them. In The Compensations of Plunder, historian Justin M. Jacobs contends that trans-imperial upper-class loyalties explain this surprising cooperation between Western archaeologists and local elites who gave them access to local treasures. As the imperial age drew to a close, the antiquities themselves went from being "diplomatic capital" that was traded among a cosmopolitan elite to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. Based on a wealth of sources in several languages, Jacobs's book examines the nuanced story of-and diverse motivations behind-the antiquities trade along the Silk Road and the unlikely, fraught partnerships that made it possible"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $z China, Northwest $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $z Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu $z Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Archaeologists $z Europe. 650 0 $a Lost works of art $z China, Northwest $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Lost works of art $z Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu $z Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Archaeology and state $z China $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a China, Northwest $x Antiquities. 651 0 $a Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) $x Antiquities. 650 7 $a Antiquities. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810745 650 7 $a Archaeologists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00812929 650 7 $a Archaeology and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00813008 650 7 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917564 650 7 $a Lost works of art. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01002666 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 651 7 $a China $z Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212006 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 651 7 $a Northwest China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01692654 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Silk roads (Chicago, Ill.) 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317025323.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20210701010749.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=93C4FBC6403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search