The dynamics of heritage
Subtitle: history, memory and the Highland Clearances
By: by Laurence Gouriévidis
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781409402442; 9781409402459
Description: Focusing on the interaction between history and memory and, in particular, on museums as a memory medium, this book deals with the memorialization of the Highland Clearances over the 20th century.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Memory, history and museums; title: The legacy of the Clearances; title: National and local museums - the structural environment; title: Museum narratives of the Clearances - themes and approaches; title: Museum interpretations of the Clearances - issues and strategies; title: Museological developments and narratives of the Clearances; title: The economics of Clearance heritage; title: The politics of Clearance heritage; title: Conclusion: the dynamics of Clearance heritage.