Heritage : critical approaches /
Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enth...
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Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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London and New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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Περίληψη: | Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsession? Over the decades, since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, various 'crises' of definition. |
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Φυσική περιγραφή: | xv, 268 σ. : εικ. ; 24 εκ. |
Βιβλιογραφία: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήριο. |
ISBN: | 9780415591959 9780415591973 |