{"product_id":"heritopia-world-heritage-and-modernity-9789198469936","title":"Heritopia: World Heritage and Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeritopia\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the meanings of the past in the present, focusing on Abu Simbel in Egypt and other World Heritage sites. It explores and resolves a number of paradoxes: the past is impossible to preserve for eternity; all preservation implies change; preservation of one site normally means destruction of others; threats are important in the creation of heritage, but at the same time heritage may become a threat and threats can become heritage themselves; heritage stands in contrast to modernity and is at the same time part of it; both the increase and the decrease of modernity create heritage; and finally, heritage may be global and local at the same time. \u003ci\u003eHeritopia\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to students and professionals in heritage studies and related subjects such as archaeology, history, ethnology and museology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electronic version of this book is available under a creative commons licence: manchesteropenhive.com\/view\/9789198469943\/9789198469943.xml\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Heritopia\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding and thought-provoking book that not only offers rich accounts and concepts but makes an original contribution to debates around uneasy relations between World Heritage and modernity.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichal Pawleta, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The past is everywhere\u003cbr\u003e2 Truth, beauty, and goodness\u003cbr\u003e3 Chronic nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e4 The faces of modernity\u003cbr\u003e5 Heritage in the present\u003cbr\u003e6 Destination World Heritage\u003cbr\u003e7 World Heritage and modernity\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lund University Press,Sweden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047078265175,"sku":"9789198469936","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789198469936.jpg?v=1750970176","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heritopia-world-heritage-and-modernity-9789198469936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}