The politics of world heritage : negotiating tourism and conservation / edited by David Harrison and Michael Hitchcock.
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TextSeries: Current themes in tourismPublication details: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 186p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 1845410092
- 338.4791 HAR
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 338.4791 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100323345 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This collection of papers discuss World Trade Law and focus on the contested nature of World Heritage at sites as diverse as The Netherlands, Ellis Island (USA), post-colonial Mesoamerica, Cambodia, Fiji, Kyrgyzstan, and Vietnam. In addition, eight research notes explore heritage interpretation in the USA, Lebanon, Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Tasmania and India.
"The contents of this book also appears in Current issues in tourism, vol. 7, nos. 4 & 5."
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword
- Introduction: Contested Narratives in the Domain of World Heritage
- World Heritage as NIMBY? The Case of the Dutch Part of the Wadden Sea
- Huddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards: The Politics of Producing Heritage at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument
- Mundo Maya: From Cancún to City of Culture. World Heritage in Post-colonial Mesoamerica
- Landscape, Memory and Heritage: New Year Celebrations at Angkor, Cambodia
- Levuka, Fiji: Contested Heritage?
- Post-colonial Politics and Resurgent Heritage: The Development of Kyrgyzstan's Heritage Tourism Product
- World Trade Law, Culture, Heritage and Tourism: Towards a Holistic Conceptual Approach?
- An Observation Station for Culture and Tourism in Vietnam: A Forum for World Heritage and Public Participation
- The Meanings and Effectiveness of World Heritage Designation in the USA
- Managing the Cedars of Lebanon: Botanical Gardens or Living Forests?
- Including the Outsiders: The Contribution of Guides to Integrated Heritage Tourism Management in Cusco, Southern Peru
- Locating Global Legacies in Tana Toraja, Indonesia
- Global Heritage and Local Problems: Some Examples from Indonesia
- Creating and Recreating Heritage in Singapore
- Wunderkammer 02: An Exhibition of Art, Craft and Souvenirs from World Heritage Sites in Tasmania and Far North Queensland
- Elephanta Island: World Heritage, Cultural Conservation and Options for Nature Conservation
- Afterword
Author notes provided by Syndetics
David Harrison is a London educated Sociologist/Anthropologist who has taught at the University of Sussex, London Metropolitan University, and The University of the South Pacific in Fiji, from which he retired in 2014. The USP link continues, and he is also associated with St. Mary's University College in London and the University of Surrey. He has written extensively on tourism and development and has researched its impacts in Eastern Europe, Southern Africa, the Caribbean, the South Pacific and South-East Asia.
Michael Hitchcock is Director of the International Institute of Culture Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University.