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Cultural property -- Moral and ethical aspects

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• Cultural property
• Moral and ethical aspects

• Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2014), ed. by Constantine Sandis (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Claiming the Stones, Naming the Bones: Cultural Property and the Negotiation of National and Ethnic Identity (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, c2002), ed. by Elazar Barkan and Ronald Bush (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2018), ed. by Christina Maags and Marina Svensson (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Intelligent Computing for Cultural Heritage: Global Achievements and China's Innovations (London and New York: Routledge, c2025), ed. by Xiaoguang Wang, Marcia Lei Zeng, Jin Gao, and Ke Zhao
  • PDF with commentary at OAPEN
  • multiple formats with commentary at taylorfrancis.com

• Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute/Getty Publication, c2011), ed. by Leslie Rainer, Angelyn Bass Rivera, and David Gandreau (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• The State of Digital Preservation: An International Perspective (Washington: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2002) (PDF at clir.org)

• Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach (London: UCL Press, c2016), ed. by Anne-Marie Deisser and Mugwima Njuguna, contrib. by Ephraim Wahome, Mwanzia D. Kyule, Orinda Shadrack Okumu, Lydia W. Muthuma, Teckla Muhoro, Gerryshom Kweya Munala, Freda Nkirote M'Mbogori, Francis Mwaura, Anthony Njeru Murithi, Evaristus Irandu, Parita Shah, Okello Benter, John Bosco Mukundi, Arnold Onyango, Ochieng' Aggrey Adimo, Robert Wambugu Rukwaro, Paul Abiero Opondo, Felix M. Kiruthu, and Susan Mwangi
  • PDF and HTML with commentary at UCL Press
  • PDF files at JSTOR

• Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism Through Big Data (London: University College London Press, 2022), by Chiara Bonacchi (PDF with commentary at UCL Press)

• Best of Both Worlds: Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age (c2013), by G. Wayne Clough (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums (2009), by Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson, and Andrew T. Kenyon (PDF at Cornell)

• Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (Chicago: American Library Association, c2006), ed. by Murtha Baca, Patricia Harpring, Elisa Lanzi, Linda McRae, and Ann Baird Whiteside (PDF files at vrafoundatino.org)

• Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2014), ed. by Constantine Sandis (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism Through Big Data (London: University College London Press, 2022), by Chiara Bonacchi (PDF with commentary at UCL Press)

• Challenging the Dichotomy: The Licit and the Illicit in Archaeological and Heritage Discourses (originally published 2016; open access edition Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2020), ed. by Les W. Field, Cristóbal Gnecco, and Joe Watkins (PDF with commentary at Arizona)
• Between Two Earthquakes: Cultural Property in Seismic Zones (Rome: ICCROM; Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1987), by Bernard M. Feilden (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2015), ed. by Maja Kominko (multiple formats with audio and commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu
• The Nature of Conservation: A Race Against Time (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1986), by Philip R. Ward (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Oxygen-Free Museum Cases, ed. by Shin Maekawa (PDF and page images at getty.edu and Google)

• The Future of Asia's Past: Preservation of the Architectural Heritage of Asia (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1995), ed. by Miguel Angel Corzo (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conservation and Policy (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1993), ed. by Margaret G. H. Mac Lean (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Passé, Présent et Futur des Palais et Sites Royaux d'Abomey (in French; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1999) (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Of the Past, For the Future: Integrating Archaeology and Conservation (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c2006), ed. by Neville Agnew and Janet Bridgland (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2010), ed. by Neville Agnew (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1997), ed. by Marta De la Torre (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conservation and Policy (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1993), ed. by Margaret G. H. Mac Lean (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1999), ed. by Valerie Dorge and Sharon L. Jones (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Landmarks of a New Generation: User's Manual (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1997), by Mahasti Ziai Afshar (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Pacific Island Heritage: Archaeology, Identity and Community (2011), ed. by Jolie Liston, Geoffrey R. Clark, and Dwight Alexander
  • PDF with commentary at ANU E Press
  • page images at JSTOR

• International Journal of Intangible Heritage (2006-) (full serial archives)
• SCIRES-IT: Scientific Research and Information Technology (in Italian and English; 2011-) (full serial archives)

• Cultural Resource Management (full serial archives)

• A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture (Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press, c2004), by Will Fellows (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

• Claiming the Stones, Naming the Bones: Cultural Property and the Negotiation of National and Ethnic Identity (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, c2002), ed. by Elazar Barkan and Ronald Bush (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Intelligent Computing for Cultural Heritage: Global Achievements and China's Innovations (London and New York: Routledge, c2025), ed. by Xiaoguang Wang, Marcia Lei Zeng, Jin Gao, and Ke Zhao
  • PDF with commentary at OAPEN
  • multiple formats with commentary at taylorfrancis.com

• Telling the Stories: Planning Effective Interpretive Programs for Properties Listed in the National Register of Historic Places (2000), by Ronald Bruce Thomson and Marilyn Harper Humes (illustrated HTML and PDF at National Park Service)
• Civil Rights in America: A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites (revised edition, 2008), by National Historic Landmarks Program (U.S.) (PDF at nps.gov)

• Interpretation in the National Park Service: A Historical Perspective (1986), by Barry Mackintosh (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)

• Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service (completed by the Organization of American Historians at the invitation of the National Park Service; 2011), by Anne Mitchell Whisnant, Marla R. Miller, Gary B. Nash, and David P. Thelen (PDF at oah.org)

• Interpretation in the National Park Service: A Historical Perspective (1986), by Barry Mackintosh (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)

• Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, c2010), by Patricia Harpring (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Introduction to Vocabularies: Enhancing Access to Cultural Heritage Information (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, c1998), by Elisa Lanzi (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Why Pro-Life: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers (Sandy, OR: Eternal Perspective Ministries, c2004), by Randy C. Alcorn (PDF at epm.org)
• Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions? (10th edition; Sandy, OR: Eternal Perspective Ministries, 2011), by Randy C. Alcorn (PDF with commentary at epm.org)
• The Illusion of Agony: A Comprehensive Critique of Dr. Robert Wennberg's Book, "Life in the Balance: Exploring the Abortion Controversy", by Douglas Gwinn (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• Abortion and the Christian: What Every Believer Should Know (c1984), by John Jefferson Davis (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Trespassing for Dear Life: What is Operation Rescue Up To? (Fort Worth, TX: Dominion Press, c1989), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
• Why Abortion? The Myth of Choice for Women Who are Poor, by Anne Nicol Gaylor (HTML with commentary at ffrf.org)

• The Baby Killer: A War on Want Investigation Into the Promotion and Sale of Powdered Baby Milks in the Third World (London: War on Want, 1974), by Mike Muller (PDF with commentary at waronwant.org)

• Beyond Complementary Medicine: Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Health Care And Human Evolution (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2000), by Michael H. Cohen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Future Medicine: Ethical Dilemmas, Regulatory Challenges, and Therapeutic Pathways to Health Care and Healing in Human Transformation (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, c2003), by Michael H. Cohen (page images at HathiTrust)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.