Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this authoritative text presents an engaging narrative of the way politics features in heritage conservation and management. New international case studies illustrate how notions of identity, social class and nationhood may be woven into the provision of official heritage, and how heritage may be seen to be less about upholding truth or authenticity and more about delivering political objectives.

Aimed primarily at students in heritage studies and professionals in heritage industries, this book is one of three in the Understanding Global Heritage series.

List of figures
Notes on contributors
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. What is heritage? (Rodney Harrison)
2. Critical approaches to heritage (Rodney Harrison and Audrey Linkman)
3. Heritage as a tool of government (Anne Laurence)
4. World Heritage (Ian Donnachie)
5. The politics of heritage (Rodney Harrison)
6. Heritage and nationalism (Richard Allen)
7. Heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism (Rodney Harrison and Lotte Hughes)
8. Heritage and class (Susie West)
Appendix: Cultural heritage policy documents
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index