The Politics of World Heritage

Negotiating Tourism and Conservation

David Harrison editor Michael Hitchcock editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd

Published:25th Feb '05

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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.

This book is a solid addition to the scholarly literature on heritage tourism and, in particular, the geopolitics of the management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The editors have done an excellent job in providing both a geographically wide-ranging set of case studies and critical scholarly research. This is a fine volume for practitioners and scholars in heritage tourism management and research. Those with serious interests in World Heritage Sites, the UNESCO selection process, heritage management and heritage tourism ought to consider this volume.

* Charles R. de Burlo, University of Vermont, in Journal of Heritage Tourism 2

ISBN: 9781845410094

Dimensions: 248mm x 168mm x 16mm

Weight: 494g

192 pages