Developing Heritage - Developing Countries: Ethiopian Nation-Building and the Origins of UNESCO World Heritage, 1960-1980

by Marie Huber

The history of development has paid only little attention to cultural projects. This book looks at the development politics that shaped the UNESCO World Heritage programme, with a case study of Ethiopian World Heritage sites from the 1960s to the 1980s. In a large-scale conservation and tourism planning project, selected sites were set up and promoted as images of the Ethiopian nation. This story serves to illustrate UNESCO's role in constructing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110680238
• ISBN13: 9783110680232
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"