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Blood and Bronze: The British Empire and the Sack of Benin
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Wydawca: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Data wydania: 09.12.2021
Typ okładki:twarda okładka
EAN: 9781787384569
Opis
Opis
Powerful and thoughtful. […] If you want to understand why the Benin Bronzes must be returned to Nigeria, read this book.' - DAVID OLUSOGA, AUTHOR OF BLACK AND BRITISH
'Audacious and brave.' - RAFIA ZAKARIA, AUTHOR OF AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM
An incisive history revealing Britain's conquest of the Kingdom of Benin and the plunder of its fabled Bronzes.
The Benin Bronzes are among the British Museum's most prized possessions. Celebrated for their great beauty, they embody the history, myth and artistry of the ancient Kingdom of Benin, once West Africa's most powerful, and today part of Nigeria. But despite the Bronzes' renown, little has been written about the brutal imperial violence with which they were plundered. Paddy Docherty's searing new history tells that story: the 1897 British invasion of Benin.
Armed with shocking details discovered in the archives, Blood and Bronze sets this assault in its late Victorian context. As British power faced new commercial and strategic pressures elsewhere, it ruthlessly expanded in West Africa. Revealing both the extent of African resistance and previously concealed British outrages, this is a definitive account of the destruction of Benin. Laying bare the Empire's true motives and violent means, including the official coverup of grotesque sexual crimes, Docherty demolishes any moral argument for Britain retaining the Bronzes, making a passionate case for their immediate repatriation to Nigeria.
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'Audacious and brave.' - RAFIA ZAKARIA, AUTHOR OF AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM
An incisive history revealing Britain's conquest of the Kingdom of Benin and the plunder of its fabled Bronzes.
The Benin Bronzes are among the British Museum's most prized possessions. Celebrated for their great beauty, they embody the history, myth and artistry of the ancient Kingdom of Benin, once West Africa's most powerful, and today part of Nigeria. But despite the Bronzes' renown, little has been written about the brutal imperial violence with which they were plundered. Paddy Docherty's searing new history tells that story: the 1897 British invasion of Benin.
Armed with shocking details discovered in the archives, Blood and Bronze sets this assault in its late Victorian context. As British power faced new commercial and strategic pressures elsewhere, it ruthlessly expanded in West Africa. Revealing both the extent of African resistance and previously concealed British outrages, this is a definitive account of the destruction of Benin. Laying bare the Empire's true motives and violent means, including the official coverup of grotesque sexual crimes, Docherty demolishes any moral argument for Britain retaining the Bronzes, making a passionate case for their immediate repatriation to Nigeria.
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Easy Access System Europe Oü
gpsr.requests@easproject.com
358405003575
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Data wydania: 09.12.2021
Liczba stron: 240
Wymiary: 13.8x21.6
Typ okładki:twarda okładka
Wydawca: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Autor:
Tytuł:Blood and Bronze: The British Empire and the Sack of Benin
EAN: 9781787384569
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