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Author Ashworth, Gregory

Title Building A New Heritage
Published Taylor & Francis, 2013

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Contents Pt. I. Theories and contexts -- pt. II. Producers and consumers -- pt. III. Choice : whose heritage, which heritage? -- pt. IV. The achievements, hopes and limitations of heritage planning
Summary At the heart of the European debate lies the tension between the idea of European unity and individual state identities and nationalisms. This volume provides an insight into this dichotomy by exploring the role of heritage in the new Europe. The main theme of this book is that a number of possible heritages can be shaped from the European past depending on the purposes for which they are intended. Through different methods of management intervention, heritage can fulfil a variety of functions, becoming a major commercial resource in the form of the tourism industry, or enlisted in th
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Subject Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Ethnicity -- Europe -- Congresses
Nationalism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Tourism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Cultural property -- Protection
Ethnicity
Nationalism
Tourism
Europe
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1299623425
9781299623422
9781135083328
1135083320