The Politics of World Heritage: Negotiating Tourism and ConservationDavid Harrison, Michael Hitchcock This collection of papers discuss World Trade Law and focus on the contested nature of World Heritage at sites as diverse as The Netherlands, Ellis Island (USA), post-colonial Mesoamerica, Cambodia, Fiji, Kyrgyzstan, and Vietnam. In addition, eight research notes explore heritage interpretation in the USA, Lebanon, Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Tasmania and India. |
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Contents
World | 11 |
Huddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards | 23 |
Mundo Maya From Cancún to City of Culture World | 35 |
Landscape Memory and Heritage New Year Celebrations | 50 |
Levuka Fiji Contested Heritage? | 66 |
Postcolonial Politics and Resurgent Heritage | 90 |
World Trade Law Culture Heritage and Tourism | 103 |
An Observation Station for Culture | 119 |
Commentaries | 132 |
Managing the Cedars of Lebanon Botanical Gardens | 146 |
Locating Global Legacies in Tana Toraja Indonesia | 153 |
Creating and Recreating Heritage in Singapore | 160 |
Wunderkammer 02 An Exhibition of Art Craft | 169 |
Elephanta Island World Heritage Cultural | 176 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Politics of World Heritage: Negotiating Tourism and Conservation Current themes in tourism |
| Editors | David Harrison, Michael Hitchcock |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Channel View Publications, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1845410092, 9781845410094 |
| Length | 186 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Social Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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