Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain by E. Waterton

By E. Waterton

This publication bargains a critique of the dominant conceptualization of history present in coverage, which has a tendency to privilege the white, center and higher sessions. utilizing Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why fresh guidelines proceed to lean in the direction of the predictable melding of cultural range with developments of assimilation.

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