Natural History: Heritage, Place and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781472470461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 222 str.

Ross J. Wilson

Opis

There is a significant absence of engagement in the literature with how natural heritage is represented today within museums, parks and natural sites as well as within political, media and public discourse. This book fills this important gap by exploring the heritage of natural history in Britain. It focuses on the ideas, values and agendas that have defined the representation and reception of the history of the natural world within contemporary society and addresses how the heritage of natural history is used to shape social, political, cultural and moral identities. It will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of heritage studies, ecology, environmental studies and geography.

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Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The Representation of Natural History 3. Museums and Natural History 4. Sites of Natural History 5. Heritage, Memory and Natural History 6. Conclusions

O autorze

Ross J. Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Politics, University of Chichester, UK. His research takes approaches from archaeology, anthropology, literature and sociology to examine aspects of modern history and its representation in the present. His current research examines the history and heritage of health and safety in Britain and the United States, the representation of the First World War in British culture, the history of New York, digital heritage, memory studies and the role of museums and heritage sites as a mode of social and political reform.