Heritage & Conservation
All aspects of the definition and preservation of cultural heritage and human interaction with the past, from conservation techniques to museum studies, contested pasts, and concepts of cultural property
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Gardens in History: A Political Perspective [Paperback]
Louise Wickham (Author)
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ISBN: 9781905119431
Published by : Windgather Press
Over the past 50 years, the subject of garden history has been firmly established as an academic discipline. While many have explored what was created in gardens throughout history, the reasons as to why they were created has naturally been mor... .... Learn More -
Bewsey Old Hall, Warrington, Cheshire [Paperback]
Jennifer Lewis (Author); Richard Heawood (Author); Christine Howard-Davis (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781907686023
Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Series: LANCASTER IMPRINTS
Volume: 17
The origins of Bewsey Old Hall, in the Royal Forest of Burtonwood, probably lie in the late twelth or early thirteenth century, when it was held by the influential Butler family, barons of Warrington. Although much altered and diminished, Bews... .... Learn More -
France in Ruins - Buildings in Decay [Paperback]
Simon O'corra (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781906137236
Published by : Golden House Publications
A collection of evocative black-and-white pictures of ruined buildings in France. These ruins include churches, town houses, industrial buildings, former civic structures and castles. The text explores their history, the factors behind their ruine... .... Learn More -
Becoming European: The transformation of third millennium Northern and Western Europe [Paperback]
Christopher Prescott (Editor); Håkon Glorstad (Editor)
£36.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781842174500
Published by : Oxbow Books
It can be argued that elements of European heritage can be identified not only as a national strategy of the present but also as a process in prehistory - the cultural and political transformations of the third millennium BC in European prehist... .... Learn More -
Heritage Transformed [Paperback]
Ian Baxter (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842174579
Published by : Oxbow Books
How does "heritage" become objectified within public institutions and representative of a national past? This book proposes a model for this process and contains five case studies that explore variety in the transformation of heritage. The m... .... Learn More -
Sharing Knowledge and Cultural Heritage [Paperback]
Laura Van Broekhoven (Editor); Cunera Buijs (Editor); Pieter Hovens (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9789088900662
Published by : Sidestone Press
Volume: 39
Sharing Knowledge & Cultural Heritage (SK&CH), First Nations of the Americas, testifies to the growing commitment of museum professionals in the twenty-first century to share collections with the descendants of people and communities from whom ... .... Learn More -
The British Museum and the Future of UK Numismatics [Paperback]
Barrie Cook (Editor)
£15.00ISBN: 9780861591831
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 183
Publication of the proceedings of a conference held to mark the 150th anniversary of the British Museum's Department of Coins and Medals in 2011. The publication spells out ways forward for numismatic activity and the roles UK museums may play... .... Learn More -
The Acropolis: The Acropolis Museum [Paperback]
Katerina Servi (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9789602134528
Published by : Ekdotike Athenon
One of the most important monuments of human civilisation and the new architectural jewel of Athens are both presented through informative, easy to read texts in a fully illustrated edition with colour representations and detailed site plans. T... .... Learn More -
Buildings, Landscapes, and Memory: Case Studies in Historic Preservation [Hardback]
Daniel Bluestone (Author)
Regular Price: £37.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780393733181
Published by : W. W. Norton
Buildings, Landscapes, and Memory: Case Studies in Historic Preservation explores historically and critically the historic preservation movement in the United States. Analyzing ten extraordinary places, this provocative analysis of historic preser... .... Learn More -
'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History [Paperback]
Ann Brooks (Author)
£26.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781905119370
Published by : Windgather Press
The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and horticulture and to create an ambience "not unlike a fashionable resort". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only... .... Learn More
