Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
3. Preface 11
4. PART I A DECISIVE PHASE IN AN OLD DEBATE?
5. 1. Choosing colonial collections 17
6. 2. The great heritage migration 28
7. 3. Museums in motion 48
8. 4. The ‘sans-papiers’ of colonialism 66
9. PART II THRIFTY RETURNS IN THE 1970S
10. 5. Indonesia, The Netherlands and Diponegoro’s Kris 80
11. 6. Congo, Belgium and Leopold’s troublesome legacy 99
12. 7. Suriname, The Caribbean and The Netherlands: more returns on the way? 116
13. PART III RECENT RETURNS
14. 8. The campaign for Māori heads 125
15. 9. Fruitful cooperation around archives 138
16. 10. Farewell to over 18,000 objects from the museum Nusantara 148
17. 11. Benin dialogue group: A model for a European approach? 161
18. PART IV PRIVATE COLLECTIONS - LESS VISIBLE, BUT NOT LESS IMPORTANT
19. 12. Missionary organisations and superfluous collections 177
20. 13. Colonial objects in trade and in private ownership 190
21. PART V TOWARDS A NEW ETHICS
22. 14. Lessons from settler colonies and the restitution of Nazi-Looted art 206
23. 15. Trust, equality and justice 218
24. Acknowledgements 231
25. Works cited 233
26. Index 243