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A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy (Re-issue)
The widespread exploitation of natural landscapes and historical artefacts as tourism products has given rise to substantial debate. This work provides a synthesis of modern research on the nature, production, consumption and uses of heritage, discussing the plurality of approaches to the subject, from mainstream to radical. It examines the tensions
that arise from the dichotomy between heritage as a capitalist commodity and heritage as a cultural and social resource. This dichotomy is at the core of this book, as is the key question of who decides what is heritage and the messages that it imparts to society.
Contents:
Heritage and geography
Part 1: the context
- the uses and abuses of heritage
Part 2: heritage and the cultural realm - its social and political uses
- heritage, power and identity
- heritage and national identity;multicultural heritage - from dissonance to harmony? Part 3: the economic uses of heritage
- heritage and economics - an ambiguous relationship
- heritage in economic development strategies
Part 4: heritage and scale
- heritage and scale I - the national
- heritage and scale II - the local
- heritage and scale II - from the national to the continental management of heritage
- heritage and scale II - towards a global heritage
- towards an integrated geography of heritage.
Brief Description:
The exploitation of natural landscapes and historical artefacts as tourism products has given rise to debate. This work provides a synthesis of research on the nature, production, consumption and uses of heritage, discussing the plurality of approaches to the subject, from mainstream to radical.
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