Cultural Heritage as Civilizing Mission From Decay to Recovery /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Falser, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Architecture.; Archaeology.; Cultural studies.; Social Sciences.; Cultural Studies.; Architectural History and Theory.

This book investigates the role of cultural heritage as a constitutive dimension of different civilizing missions from the colonial era to the present. It includes case studies of the Habsburg Empire and German colonialism in Africa, Asian case studies of (post)colonial India and the Dutch East Indi...