Common ground?
Subtitle: heritage and public places in New Zealand
By: edited by Alexander Trapeznik.
Contributors: Trapeznik, Alexander.
Publisher: University of Otago Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Dunedin, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Historic sites -- New Zealand.; Historic buildings -- New Zealand.; Cultural property -- Protection -- New Zealand.; New Zealand -- Civilization.; New Zealand -- History.
Description: " 'Heritage' has burgeoned over the past quarter of a c entury from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from historic markers to monuments, building sites, and landscapes bears the mark of the cult of heritage. This book attempts to make sense of and explain the rise of this new obsession with the past and examines its power for both good and evil."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-164) and index.