num_pages: 216
description: Examines how the recent boom in the museum and heritage industry has led to its increasing commercialisation, which, Walsh argues, frequently serves only to distance us from our own heritage.
language: English
title: The Representation of the Past: Museums and Heritage in the Post-Modern World
titlecomplete: The Representation of the Past: Museums and Heritage in the Post-Modern World (Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management)
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Routledge