The Great American Plunder of Persia's Antiquities, 1925-1941Having previously visited a similar topic in his earlier Great Britain and Reza Shah: The Plunder of Iran 1921-1941 (University Press of Florida, 2001), Majd tells the story of, in his words, "a classic case of a powerful country extracting concessions from a weak, foreign-installed puppet regime that had no domestic support." Constructing his story from U.S. State Department documents, he examines how, at a time when the Persian government under Reza Shah was completely dependent on U.S. and British support, the American diplomatic corps pressured the country into accepting an unfair "Antiquities Law," which it then used to fight for the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in raiding one-fifth of the recently discovered ruins of Persepolis. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
Contents
Introduction 1 | 26 |
The Opening of Persia to Foreign | 55 |
The Rush to Persia by American Museums | 89 |
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Acting Minister American legation American Minister American museums ancient Andre Godard antiquities law archaeological Arthur Upham Pope August Bernhardsson Breasted to Murray Breasted's British cable Chargé d'Affaires Charles Breasted concession Council of Ministers Damghan dated December Department discoveries dispatch division of finds Engert Expedition to Persia export Field Director Foroughi French monopoly Godard granted Hart Hekmat Hornibrook Imbrie informed Institute's interest Iran Iranian Government Istakhr James Henry Breasted January Jayne Joint Expedition June Krefter letter Luristan matter memorandum Merriam Mesopotamia Metropolitan Museum Minister of Education Minister of Public Ministry Museum of Art negotiations Neishabur November objects obtained October Oriental Institute Pennsylvania Museum permission permit Persepolis Persepolis Expedition Persia's antiquities Persian Art Persian Government photographs plunder Pope's present Prime Minister Professor Herzfeld Professor Pope Public Instruction reply request restoration Reza Shah Sassanian Schmidt September Tehran telegram Teymourtache University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Upton Wulsin