From Antiquities to Heritage : : Transformations of Cultural Memory / / Anne Eriksen.

Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments. In the present world, heritage is a global concern as well as an issue of identity politics. What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches ar...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (188 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Heritage and Cultural Memory
  • Chapter 2. In Search of Ancient Heroes
  • Chapter 3. Antiquarianism and Epistemic Virtue
  • Chapter 4. Ruins and Time
  • Chapter 5. Mediaeval Monuments
  • Chapter 6. Museums to Preserve Our Past
  • Chapter 7. Monuments and Memorials
  • Chapter 8. Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage
  • Chapter 9. Heritage and Presentism
  • References
  • Index