Aly, Götz,  1947- <br/><br/>
The magnificent boat :  the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure  / 
 Colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure 
Götz Aly ; translated by Jefferson Chase. 
 - viii, 207 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published in German as Das Prachtboot : wie Deutsche die Kunstschätze der Südsee raubten, Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer Verlag, 2021. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index. 
<br/><br/>The Scene of the Crime : German New Guinea -- With Pastor Aly's Blessings -- The Luf Boat as Museum Attraction -- The 1882 Luf Massacre -- "Bastian's Network" of Thieves -- Deception, Larceny, and Looting -- Curators, Crusaders, and Cannons -- Ethnology, Child of Colonialism -- The Luf Boat Comes to Berlin -- An Artifact of an Ancient Culture -- Islands Stripped Bare -- Where Does the Luf Boat Belong? 
<br/><br/> "Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674276574 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2022031710 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Luf-Boot (Boat)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cultural property--Destruction and pillage--Germany.<br/>Cultural property--Destruction and pillage--Papua New Guinea.<br/>Boats and boating--History.--Papua New Guinea
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Papua New Guinea--Antiquities.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU740.3  / .A5913 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>995.3 ALY (TB)