Heritage Studies

Reducere. Craft practice has experienced a sharp rise in popularity since the late 2000s, partly through the 'aura of the analogue' and the desire for authen...

Museums and archives all over the world digitize their collections and provide online access to heritage material. But what factors determine the c...

"This book grew out of a workshop, Heritage, Culture and Rights: Challenging Discourses, which we convened under the auspices of the Australian Hum...

This ground-breaking book features architectural case studies of more than 50 industrial company towns - workers villages, mill towns, mining towns...

In recent years there has been growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism--the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. E...

Publisher: Arc Humanities PressIllustration(s): 10 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 154Collection: Collection Development, Cultural H...

Reducere. Presenting examples from the fields of critical race studies, cultural resource management, digital archaeology, environmental studies, and heritag...

Description With internationalist aspirations and wide-ranging historical perspectives, East German films about artists and their work became hotly...

Description Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in the fields of cultural heritage studies and community archaeology worldwide with expand...

A comprehensive review of the main issues and concepts related to heritage tourism. Illustrated throughout the text via examples and boxed case stu...

The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the longest continually running academic forum for the presentation of cultural heritage research on the Arabian...

30 papers explore a wide range of topics such as women's voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and ethnicity across time; use of div...

Reducere. The majesty of Earth's most magnificent features was the domain of Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). In paintings of natural wonders throughout the galaxy...

The collection proposes inventive research strategies for the study of the affective and fluctuating dimensions of cultural life. It presents studi...

Cultural Heritage Tourism: Five Steps for Success and Sutainability helps managers and community leaders attract visitors to cultural heritage site...

Today thousands travel to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. This book provides a holistic approach to the study of thes...

- One of the first in-depth studies on the Deccan: a major survey on unpublished Islamic buildings- Stunningly illustrated, featuring high-quality,...

This text outlines for the first time a structured articulation of an emerging Islamic orientation to psychotherapy, a framework presented and know...

DescriptionCelebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among Gen...

Contributor(s): Author: Rachel Sutton-SpenceAuthor: Michiko KanekoThis is an accessible and comprehensive sign language textbook with an internatio...

Conditioned by local ways of knowing and doing, Great Zimbabwe develops a new interpretation of the famous World Heritage site of Great Zimbabwe.Pu...

The Tourist Gaze, Third Edition restructures, reworks and remakes the groundbreaking previous versions making this successful book even more releva...

Reducere. "Hugh Kenner's The Pound Era could as well be known as the Kenner era, for there is no critic who has more firmly established his claim to valuable...

In Formative Assessment in the Disciplines, Margaret Heritage and E. Caroline Wylie explore the interconnection of ambitious teaching, formative as...

DescriptionThe UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage came into force in 2006, framing the international and na...

Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book identifies and explores the use of heritage througho...

This book draws on the work of anthropologist Alfred Gell to reinstate the importance of the object in art and society. Rather than presenting art ...

Music therapy professionals cater to a diverse population, in terms of heritage, ethnicity, age, location, and identity. This book provides the kno...

Reducere. DescriptionOut of the chaos and pain of Charlottesville, museum professionals, public historians, and community leaders must move quickly to face t...

Role-play as a Heritage Practice is the first book to examine physically performed role-enactments, such as live-action role-play (LARP), tabletop ...

China's Route Heritage examines the creation, development and proliferation of the route heritage discourse of chama gudao, The Ancient Tea Horse R...

Communities and Cultural Heritage explores the relationship between communities, their cultural heritage, and the global forces that control most o...

How do places manipulate our emotions? How are spaces affectious in their articulation and design? This book provides theoretical frameworks for ex...

Staging Indigenous Heritage examines the cultural politics of four Indigenous cultural villages in Malaysia. Cai demonstrates how they are often be...

This volume exposes at once the nature of World War I and its depth and duration in personal lives. Contributors, including historians, museum prof...

Reducere. Tracing one's African-American ancestry can be uniquely challenging. This guide helps overcome the obstacles and pitfalls of specialized research b...

This edited book provides a broad collection of current critical reflections on heritage-making processes involving landscapes. It will appeal to r...

Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World offers linked essays on uses of the past in prominent and diverse cultures in...

This book focuses on cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including perf...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book offers insights into changes brought about by the enormous growth of the internet. There are new ways to share cultural herita...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Benjamin BerghausEditor: Gunter Muller-StewensEditor: Sven ReineckeThe Management of Luxury, second edition, presents a uni...

This book explores and challenges the relationship between tourism and development and establishes a conceptual link between the discrete yet inter...

Reducere. Describing the radical transformation in German Infantry tactics that took place during World War I, this book presents the first detailed account ...

Conversations With Food offers readers an array of essays revealing the power of food (and its absence) to transform relationships between the huma...

Reducere. Enduring Critical Poses examines the stories, poems, plays, and histories centered in the Great Lakes region of North America, where the Anishinaab...

DescriptionFrom Oaxacan wood carvings to dessert kitchens in provincial France, Critical Craft presents thirteen ethnographies which examine what d...

Reducere. Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its r...

Description- Showcases a wide range of case studies for multiple restoration methods and renewal projects- Includes technical drawings for specific...

Why did the Romans turn out in their tens of thousands to watch brutal gladiatorial games? Previous studies have tried to explain the attraction of...

Reducere. The book of Psalms has been precious to countless people in many languages and countries over many centuries. It has expressed their hopes and fear...

Reducere. Set against the background of the antebellum slave trade, Drums and Shadows traces the persistence of African heritage in the culture of blacks liv...

This book critically explores sport-related tourism drawing on the fields of sport management, the sociology of sport, consumer behaviour, sports m...

Reducere. In his commentary on the letter of James, Hartin offers a unique approach toward understanding a much-neglected writing. Refusing to read the lette...

Reducere. Masterfully fulfilled by Peter Fedynsky, Voice of America journalist and expert on Ukrainian studies, this first ever English translation of the co...

Reducere. Perhaps no other American city is so defined by an indigenous architectural style as Baltimore is by the rowhouse, whose brick facades march up and...

Developed by an experienced educator, "Understanding the Gospel of Luke: A Study of the Jewish Roots Using the Hebrew Heritage Bible Translation" w...

Reducere. "A masterful overview of archaeological work on American gravestones and cemeteries that should be on the shelf of every student and scholar of mor...

In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics to reinvent waf...

Sonic ethnography reveals how sound plays a central role in the performance of local identities in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. By ex...

Reducere. An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore a trail blazed ...

The term "sense of place" is an important multidisciplinary concept, used to understand the complex processes through which individuals and groups ...

- A unique account of how the architectural titan Moshe Safdie's body of unrealized works might have changed the course of historyMoshe Safdie expl...

The chapters in this volume, all written by experts in the field, present an array of new research on second language acquisition (SLA) that touche...

Reducere. Contemporary French cinema is an essential introduction to popular French film of the last 35 years. It charts recent developments in all genres of...

Reducere. Although a number of important studies of American slavery have explored the formation of slave cultures in the English colonies, no book until now...

Reducere. The 1676 killing of Metacomet, the tribal leader dubbed "King Philip" by colonists, is commonly seen as a watershed event, marking the end of a blo...

Description Scholars have devoted considerable energy to understanding the history of ethnic cleansing in Europe, reconstructing specific events, s...

Reducere. Read & Co. presents this new edition of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours. First published in 1814, this small volume comprises a collection of 110 ...

Reducere. Paul Helm breaks fertile ground in this survey of theological anthropology in the Reformed tradition. Acknowledging the rich patristic and medieval...

The scholarship and teaching of manuscript studies has been transformed by digitisation, rendering previously rarefied documents accessible for stu...