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Understanding heritage in practice / edited by Susie West.

Contributor(s): West, Susie, 1966-Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding global heritagePublication details: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press in association with the Open University, c2010. Description: xv, 340 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN: 9780719081545 (pbk.); 0719081548 (pbk.)Subject(s): Cultural property -- Protection | Historic preservation | Heritage tourismDDC classification: 363.69 LOC classification: CC135 | .U53 2010
Contents:
A history of heritage / Susie West and Jacqueline Ansell -- Heritage values / Jorge Otero-Pailos, Jason Gaiger and Susie West -- Natural heritage / Rodney Harrison and Donal O'Donnell -- Museum practice and heritage / Tim Benton and Nicola J. Watson -- Interpretation of heritage / Susie West and Elizabeth McKellar -- Heritage and tourism / Matthew Kurtz -- Heritage as social action / Rodney Harrison -- Heritage as performance / Susie West and Marion Bowman.
Summary: "Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this authoritative text explores how heritage is delivered and consumed in a global world, and the ever-increasing ways in which heritage is actively valued. New international case studies see heritage as social action, as performance, and as a vehicle for innovations in tourism, challenging the notion that only official heritage practices can successfully select and interpret our links with the past."--Publisher's Web-site.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 66 - Reading Room 		G2f WEST 29154 Not for loan BOOKS*000000021952

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A history of heritage / Susie West and Jacqueline Ansell -- Heritage values / Jorge Otero-Pailos, Jason Gaiger and Susie West -- Natural heritage / Rodney Harrison and Donal O'Donnell -- Museum practice and heritage / Tim Benton and Nicola J. Watson -- Interpretation of heritage / Susie West and Elizabeth McKellar -- Heritage and tourism / Matthew Kurtz -- Heritage as social action / Rodney Harrison -- Heritage as performance / Susie West and Marion Bowman.

"Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this authoritative text explores how heritage is delivered and consumed in a global world, and the ever-increasing ways in which heritage is actively valued. New international case studies see heritage as social action, as performance, and as a vehicle for innovations in tourism, challenging the notion that only official heritage practices can successfully select and interpret our links with the past."--Publisher's Web-site.