This text describes various means of preserving, protecting and presenting vital cultural resources within the contexts of economic development, competing claims of ownership of particular cultural resources, modern uses of structures and space, and other aspects of late 20th-century life. The international range of contributors, from European, African as well as Asian and American contexts offer a broad perspective, seeking to do justice to the local, national and international significance of the management of cultural resources.

These essays describe various means of preserving, protecting and presenting vital cultural resources within the contexts of economic development, competing claims of ownership of cultural resources and modern uses of structures and space.