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1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Note |
Title from PDF document (viewed May 24, 2022) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-278) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Mega events as time machines -- 2. Mega methodologies -- 3. 1851: Rematerialising the Great Exhibition -- 4. All that is solid melts: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham,1854-2021 -- 5. Rebuilding the past at the South Bank Exhibition and the Festival of Britain, 1951 -- 6. Games Time: London 2012 and the absent present -- 7. Legacy or heritage? Making time in the post-Olympic city -- 8. Discussion: The contemporary archaeology of mega events. |
| Summary |
"Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events explores the traces of London's most significant modern 'mega events'. Though only open for a few weeks or months, mega events permanently and disruptively reshape their host cities and societies: they demolish and rebuild whole districts, they draw in materials and participants from around the globe and their organisers self-consciously seek to leave a 'legacy' that will endure for decades or more. With London as his case study, Jonathan Gardner argues that these spectacles must be seen as long-lived and persistent, rather than simply transient or short-term. Using a novel methodology drawn from the field of contemporary archaeology - the archaeology of the recent past and present-day - a broad range of comparative studies are used to explore the long-term history of each event. These include the contents and building materials of the Great Exhibition's Crystal Palace and their extraordinary 'afterlife' at Sydenham, South London; how the Festival of Britain's South Bank Exhibition employed displays of ancient history to construct a new post-war British identity; and how London 2012, as the latest of London's mega events, dealt with competing visions of the past as archaeology, waste and heritage in its efforts to create a positive legacy for future generations."-- Back cover. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Special events -- England -- London -- History.
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Special events. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
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Urban archaeology -- England -- London.
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Urban archaeology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781787358478 |
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Print version: 1787358453 9781787358454 1787358461 9781787358461 (OCoLC)1286952350 |
| ISBN |
9781787358447 (electronic book) |
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1787358445 (electronic book) |
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9781787358478 (ePub) |
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9781800082427 (mobi) |
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1787358453 |
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9781787358454 |
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1787358461 |
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9781787358461 |
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