The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History

Nonfiction, History, European General
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Author: David Lowenthal ISBN: 9781107713291
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: May 13, 1998
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: David Lowenthal
ISBN: 9781107713291
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 13, 1998
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult of heritage. In this acclaimed 1998 book David Lowenthal explains the rise of this obsession with the past and examines its power for both good and evil.

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Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult of heritage. In this acclaimed 1998 book David Lowenthal explains the rise of this obsession with the past and examines its power for both good and evil.

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