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.
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.
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.
Professor of Human Geography, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland., Professor of Heritage Management and Urban Tourism, University of Groningen, The Netherlands., Associate Professor of Geography, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
This new volume is crisper in conception and clearer in content..it is to be highly recommended for use in courses on heritage and public history. -- www.york.ac.uk This is an information-rich text that summarizes and synthesizes a good deal of the relevant literature. It draws upon the legion of writers, whose work touches upon heritage in some way, to useful effect. The text also provides a wide range of case studies that students will find a valuable source of reference. -- Progress in Human Geography There are many strengths in this book, not least its scalar analysis, careful and clear conceptualisation and its systematic structure. There are very useful illustrations of policy and management operations in the heritage field. The book is lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs. It is compelling evidence that a geography of heritage exists, and has existed for some time. The book commends itself to advanced undergraduates and students preparing for research in this field, in geography and heritage studies. -- Scottish Geography Journal
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