The politics of world heritage : negotiating tourism and conservation
This collection discusses World Trade Law and focuses on the contested nature of World Heritage at sites as diverse as The Netherlands, Ellis Island, post-colonial Mesoamerica, Cambodia, Fiji, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam. In addition, 8 research notes explore heritage interpretation in the USA, Lebanon, Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Tasmania and India.
Print Book, English, 2005
Channel View Publications, Clevedon, 2005
vi, 186 s. : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
9781845410094, 1845410092
474702283
Foreword by Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre at UNESCO 1. HARRISON, D.: Introduction: Contested Narratives in the Domain of World Heritage 2. VAN DER AA, J.M.B., GROOTE, P., HUIGEN, P.P.P.: World Heritage as NIMBY? The Case of the Dutch part of the Wadden Sea 3. MADDERN, J.: Huddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards: The Politics of Producing Heritage at the Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island National Monument 4. EVANS, G.: Mundo Maya: From Canc£n to City of Culture. World Heritage in post-colonial Mesoamerica 5. WINTER, T.: Landscape, memory and Heritage: New Year Celebrations at Angkor, Cambodia 6. HARRISON, D.: Levuka, Fiji: Contested Heritage? 7. THOMPSON, K.: Post-colonial Politics and Resurgent Heritage: The Development of Kyrgyzstan's Heritage Tourism Product 8. TUNNEY, J.: World Trade Law, Culture, Heritage and Tourism. Towards an Holistic Conceptual Approach? 9. LASK, T. & HEROLD, S.: An Observation Station for Culture and Tourism in Vietnam: a Forum for World Heritage and Public Participation 10. WILLIAMS, K.: Commentary: The Meanings and Effectiveness of World Heritage Designation in the USA
"The contents of this book also appears in Current issues in tourism, vol. 7, nos. 4 & 5."