LEADER 03140nam 2200433 450 001 9910585985403321 005 20230516143336.0 035 $a(CKB)5690000000026482 035 $a(NjHacI)995690000000026482 035 $a(EXLCZ)995690000000026482 100 $a20230516d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events $efrom the Great Exhibition to London 2012 /$fJonathan Gardner 210 1$aLondon, United Kingdom :$cUCL Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-80008-242-8 327 $a1. Introduction: Mega events as time machines -- 2. Mega methodologies -- 3. 1851: Rematerialising the Great Exhibition -- 4. All that is solid melts: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham,1854-2021 -- 5. Rebuilding the past at the South Bank Exhibition and the Festival of Britain, 1951 -- 6. Games Time: London 2012 and the absent present -- 7. Legacy or heritage? Making time in the post-Olympic city -- 8. Discussion: The contemporary archaeology of mega events. 330 $aContemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events explores the traces of London's most significant modern 'mega events'. Though only open for a few weeks or months, mega events permanently and disruptively reshape their host cities and societies: they demolish and rebuild whole districts, they draw in materials and participants from around the globe and their organisers self-consciously seek to leave a 'legacy' that will endure for decades or more. With London as his case study, Jonathan Gardner argues that these spectacles must be seen as long-lived and persistent, rather than simply transient or short-term. Using a novel methodology drawn from the field of contemporary archaeology - the archaeology of the recent past and present-day - a broad range of comparative studies are used to explore the long-term history of each event. These include the contents and building materials of the Great Exhibition's Crystal Palace and their extraordinary 'afterlife' at Sydenham, South London; how the Festival of Britain's South Bank Exhibition employed displays of ancient history to construct a new post-war British identity; and how London 2012, as the latest of London's mega events, dealt with competing visions of the past as archaeology, waste and heritage in its efforts to create a positive legacy for future generations. 517 $aContemporary Archaeology of London?s Mega Events 517 $aContemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events 606 $aSpecial events 606 $aUrban archaeology 606 $aAntiquities 607 $aEngland$zLondon 615 0$aSpecial events. 615 0$aUrban archaeology. 615 0$aAntiquities. 676 $a942.100909 700 $aGardner$b Jonathan$01281136 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910585985403321 996 $aA contemporary archaeology of Londons mega events$93018204 997 $aUNINA