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1 online resource (127 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Abbreviations used in the text; Research Summary; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: an intangible heritage; Chapter 2 The transformation of heritage; Chapter 3 Management: the tool for transformation; Chapter 4 The transformation of heritage into English Heritage; Chapter 5 The transformation of heritage into archaeology and vice-versa:The Monuments Protection Programme; Chapter 6 From fire to fake? Uppark and The National Trust; Chapter 7 Brodsworth Hall: a brand new time capsule. |
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Chapter 8 Constructing the glass case: transformation within the Museum of Londonand Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyChapter 9 Conclusion: heritage transformed; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
How does ""heritage"" become objectified within public institutions and representative of a national past? This book proposes a model for this process and contains five case studies that explore variety in the transformation of heritage. The model proposes that heritage is transformed from concept to object and the agency of change is ""management"". It explores management using strategic management analysis to understand the relationship between public institutions, heritage objects and their use. The analysis shows a development from administration to strategic management as a way of effecti. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cultural property -- Great Britain -- Management.
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Cultural property. |
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Great Britain. |
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Management. |
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Strategic planning -- Great Britain.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Strategic planning. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Historic Preservation -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baxter, Ian. Heritage Transformed. Havertown : Oxbow Books, ©2011 9781842174579 |
| ISBN |
9781842176924 (electronic book) |
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1842176927 (electronic book) |
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