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The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic and economic evidence of a nation''s attempts to master its past and its future.
  • Provides a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome a negative heritage through past mastering of their histories
  • Evaluates the continuing dominance of nature and conservation over concerns for cultural heritage
  • Employs ethnographic and archaeological methodologies to reveal how the past is processed into a new national heritage
  • Identifies heritage as therapy, exemplified in the strategy for repairing legacies of racial and ethnic difference in post-apartheid South Africa
  • Highlights the role of archaeological heritage sites, national parks and protected areas in economic development and social empowerment
  • Explores how nature trumps culture an

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    “Lynn Meskell’s book is carefully researched and engagingly written, and is essential reading for anyone interested in archaeology and heritage in South Africa.” (South African Archaeological Bulletin, 1 October 2013)



    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments viii

    Abbreviations xiii

    Introduction: Past Mastering in the New South Africa 1

    1 Naturalizing Cultural Heritage 13

    2 Making Heritage Pay in the Rainbow Nation 37

    3 It’s Mine, It’s Yours: Excavating Park Histories 63

    4 Why Biodiversity Trumps Culture 98

    5 Archaeologies of Failure 125

    6 Thulamela: The Donors, the Archaeologist, his Gold, and the Flood 149

    7 Kruger is a Gold Rock: Parastatal and Private Visions of the Good 176

    Conclusions: Future Perfect 203
    References 217
    Index 248

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 14/10/2011
      ISBN13: 9780470670729, 978-0470670729
      ISBN10: 047067072X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic and economic evidence of a nation''s attempts to master its past and its future.
      • Provides a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome a negative heritage through past mastering of their histories
      • Evaluates the continuing dominance of nature and conservation over concerns for cultural heritage
      • Employs ethnographic and archaeological methodologies to reveal how the past is processed into a new national heritage
      • Identifies heritage as therapy, exemplified in the strategy for repairing legacies of racial and ethnic difference in post-apartheid South Africa
      • Highlights the role of archaeological heritage sites, national parks and protected areas in economic development and social empowerment
      • Explores how nature trumps culture an

        Trade Review

        “Lynn Meskell’s book is carefully researched and engagingly written, and is essential reading for anyone interested in archaeology and heritage in South Africa.” (South African Archaeological Bulletin, 1 October 2013)



        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgments viii

        Abbreviations xiii

        Introduction: Past Mastering in the New South Africa 1

        1 Naturalizing Cultural Heritage 13

        2 Making Heritage Pay in the Rainbow Nation 37

        3 It’s Mine, It’s Yours: Excavating Park Histories 63

        4 Why Biodiversity Trumps Culture 98

        5 Archaeologies of Failure 125

        6 Thulamela: The Donors, the Archaeologist, his Gold, and the Flood 149

        7 Kruger is a Gold Rock: Parastatal and Private Visions of the Good 176

        Conclusions: Future Perfect 203
        References 217
        Index 248

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