Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Critical Perspectives on Archaeology, Heritage, and Tourism -- Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Ranking "Korean" Properties: Heritage Administration, South Gate, and Salvaging Buried Remains -- Chapter 2. Collecting Japan's Curios: World Fairs, Imperial Tombs, and Preservation Laws -- Chapter 3. Tracing Japan's Lineage: Art, Architecture, and Conquest Dynasties -- Chapter 4. Searching for the Missing Link: Prehistory, Ethnology, and Racial Discourse -- Chapter 5. Excavating Korea's Past: Colonialists, Archaeologists, and Nostalgic Ruins -- Chapter 6. Rediscovering the Homelands: Travel Myths, Images, and the Narrative of Return -- Conclusion. Contested Ownership: The Plunder and the Return of Cultural Treasures -- Tables -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.