{"product_id":"dividing-the-spoils-perspectives-on-military-collections-and-the-british-empire-9781526163622","title":"Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time of heightened international interest in the colonial dimensions of museum collections, \u003ci\u003eDividing the Spoils\u003c\/i\u003e provides new perspectives on the motivations and circumstances whereby collections were appropriated and acquired during colonial military service. Combining approaches from the fields of material anthropology, imperial and military history, this book argues for a deeper examination of these collections within a range of intercultural histories that include alliance, diplomacy, curiosity and enquiry, as well as expropriation and cultural hegemony. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, \u003ci\u003eDividing the Spoils\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the amassing of objects was understood and governed in British military culture, and considers how objects functioned in museum collections thereafter, suggesting new avenues for sustained investigation in a controversial, contested field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: dividing the spoils – Henrietta Lidchi and Stuart Allan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I Ideologies of empire and governance\u003cbr\u003e1 Spoils of war: custom and practice – Edward M. Spiers\u003cbr\u003e2 The agency of objects: a contrasting choreography of flags, military booty and skulls from late nineteenth-century Africa – John Mack\u003cbr\u003e3 Collecting and the trophy – John M. MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II Military collecting cultures\u003cbr\u003e4 Soldiering archaeology: Pitt Rivers and collecting ‘Primitive Warfare’ – Christopher Evans\u003cbr\u003e5 The officers’ mess: an anthropology and history of the military interior – Lt Col Charles Kirke (Rtd) and Nicole M. Hartwell\u003cbr\u003e6 Seeing Tibet through soldiers’ eyes: photograph albums in regimental museums – Henrietta Lidchi with Rosanna Nicolson\u003cbr\u003e7 A regimental culture of collecting – Desmond Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III The afterlives of military collections\u003cbr\u003e8 Military histories of ‘Summer Palace’ objects from China in military museums in the United Kingdom – Louise Tythacott\u003cbr\u003e9 Indigenising folk art: eighteenth-century powder horns in British military collections – Stuart Allan and Henrietta Lidchi\u003cbr\u003e10 Community consultation and shaping of the National Army Museum’s Insight gallery – Alastair Massie\u003cbr\u003e11 Mementoes of power and conquest: Sikh jewellery in the collection of National Museums Scotland – Friederike Voigt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: material reckonings with military histories – Henrietta Lidchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchival sources\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041029390679,"sku":"9781526163622","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526163622.jpg?v=1750948667","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dividing-the-spoils-perspectives-on-military-collections-and-the-british-empire-9781526163622","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}