Cultural Heritage Politics in China

by Tami Blumenfield and Helaine Silverman

Book Overview

​This volume explores China's cultural heritage ideology and policies from three interrelated perspectives: the State and World Heritage tourism; cultural heritage tourism at undesignated sites, and the cultural politics of museums and collections. Something of a cultural heritage designation craze is happening in China. This is new within even the last five to ten years. Officials at many levels now see heritage preservation as a means for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148999761X
• ISBN13: 9781489997616
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"