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Author Thompson, Erin L., author.

Title Possession : the curious history of private collectors from antiquity to the present / Erin L. Thompson.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource
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Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 9, 2016).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Powers and Perils of the Antique: The Birth of Collecting; 2 Collecting Identities; 3 "By Means of a Little Castration": Restoration and Manipulation; 4 Irresistible Forgeries; 5 The Privileges of Lovers: Erotic Connections with Antiquities; 6 Collecting Others; 7 The History of Looting and Smuggling-and What They Destroy; 8 Collectors' Failed Justifications for Looting and Smuggling; 9 Conclusion: Collecting to Save the Past; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
Subject Classical antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History.
Collectors and collecting -- Psychological aspects.
Classical antiquities thefts.
Classical antiquities -- Forgeries.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
Classical antiquities -- Collectors and collecting. (OCoLC)fst00863447
Classical antiquities -- Forgeries. (OCoLC)fst00863453
Classical antiquities thefts. (OCoLC)fst00863464
Collectors and collecting -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00867610
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Thompson, Erin L. Possession. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016] 0300208529 9780300208528 (OCoLC)926820722
ISBN 9780300221008 (electronic bk.)
0300221002 (electronic bk.)
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