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Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain

This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why recent policies continue to lean towards the predictable melding of cultural divers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waterton, Emma
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2010, 2010
Subjects:
Intellectual Studies
Communication
Comparative Politics
History Of Britain And Ireland
Cultural And Media Studies, General
Great Britain / History
History
Culture / Study And Teaching
Media Studies
Intellectual Life / History
British Politics
Great Britain / Politics And Government
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why recent policies continue to lean towards the predictable melding of cultural diversity with tendencies of assimilation
Physical Description:XI, 260 p online resource
ISBN:9780230292383

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