Fiona Greenland is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. She was a classical archaeologist for ten years, and her current project, Insurgent Artifacts, examines how satellite images are produced and interpreted to generate knowledge about archaeological looting. Her work has been funded by the Social Science Research Council, National Science Foundation, and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago. With Fatma Müge Göçek, Greenland is coeditor of Cultural Violence and the Destruction of Human Communities.

• Introduction: The World’s Greatest Cultural Power1 Art Squad Agonistes2 The American Price3 Distributing Sovereignty: From Fascism to the Art Squad4 Tomb Robbers and Cultural Power from Below5 Made in Italy6 Farewell to the Tomb RobberAcknowledgmentsAppendix: MethodologyNotesReferencesIndex

"The famous Art Squad police unit is pitted against thieves and smugglers in this broad-ranging study, which shows how Italy has transformed its rich heritage into global cultural capital."

Fiona Greenland is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. She was a classical archaeologist for ten years, and her current project, Insurgent Artifacts, examines how satellite images are produced and interpreted to generate knowledge about archaeological looting. Her work has been funded by the Social Science Research Council, National Science Foundation, and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago. With Fatma Müge Göçek, Greenland is coeditor of Cultural Violence and the Destruction of Human Communities.

• Introduction: The World’s Greatest Cultural Power1 Art Squad Agonistes2 The American Price3 Distributing Sovereignty: From Fascism to the Art Squad4 Tomb Robbers and Cultural Power from Below5 Made in Italy6 Farewell to the Tomb RobberAcknowledgmentsAppendix: MethodologyNotesReferencesIndex

"The famous Art Squad police unit is pitted against thieves and smugglers in this broad-ranging study, which shows how Italy has transformed its rich heritage into global cultural capital."

Fiona Greenland is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. She was a classical archaeologist for ten years, and her current project, Insurgent Artifacts, examines how satellite images are produced and interpreted to generate knowledge about archaeological looting. Her work has been funded by the Social Science Research Council, National Science Foundation, and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago. With Fatma Müge Göçek, Greenland is coeditor of Cultural Violence and the Destruction of Human Communities.

• Introduction: The World’s Greatest Cultural Power1 Art Squad Agonistes2 The American Price3 Distributing Sovereignty: From Fascism to the Art Squad4 Tomb Robbers and Cultural Power from Below5 Made in Italy6 Farewell to the Tomb RobberAcknowledgmentsAppendix: MethodologyNotesReferencesIndex

"The famous Art Squad police unit is pitted against thieves and smugglers in this broad-ranging study, which shows how Italy has transformed its rich heritage into global cultural capital."