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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954557303321

Titolo

Building a new heritage : tourism, culture and identity in the new Europe / / edited by G.J. Ashworth and P.J. Larkham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-08331-2

0-203-06856-4

1-135-08332-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Tourism ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

AshworthG. J (Gregory John)

LarkhamP. J <1960-> (Peter J.)

Disciplina

363.69094

Soggetti

Cultural property - Protection - Europe - History - 20th century

Ethnicity - Europe

Nationalism - Europe - History - 20th century

Tourism - Europe - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Routledge, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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