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Author Zwegers, Bart, author

Title Cultural heritage in transition : a multi-level perspective on world heritage in Germany and the United Kingdom, 1970-2020 / Bart Zwegers
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in art, heritage, law and the market, 2524-7433 ; volume 4
Studies in art, heritage, law and the market ; v. 4. 2524-7433
Contents Part I Global and Local Challenges -- Introduction: Conversations on Conservation -- A History of Germany's and Britain's Heritage Regimes (1945-1972) -- Part II Traditional Monuments (1970s-1980s) -- Tumultuous Times: Landscape Developments 1970-1980 -- Aachen Cathedral and the Beginnings of World Heritage -- Who Should Pay the Bill for England's World Heritage? -- World Heritage as a Game Changer? -- Part III Industrial Heritage (1980s-1990s) -- Zeche Zollverein from Eyesore to Eyecatcher? -- Exploiting Cornwall's Mining Heritage -- Industrial Heritage Industry -- Part IV Historic Cities (1990s - 2000s) -- Challenges of the Urban Age: Landscape Developments between 1995-2010 -- Bridging Local Interests and International Obligations in Dresden -- Shanghai-upon-Mersey. Conservation and Change in Liverpool -- National Regimes, Global Cities: Urban Conservation and Heritage Regimes in Germany and Britain -- Part V: Reflections -- Discussion and Conclusion: Usefulness of the Multi-Level Perspective
Summary This book introduces the multilevel perspective to analyze how local, national, and international actors and institutions in the heritage field interact. More specifically, a comparative study is made of controversies regarding six UNESCO World Heritage sites in Germany and the United Kingdom. The six cases involve traditional monuments (the cathedral of Aachen and the castle and cathedral of Durham), industrial heritage (the Zollverein Coal Mine in Essen and the former tin and copper mines in Cornwall), and cities (Dresden and Liverpool). Studying how long-term landscape developments interact with local actors and nationally organized regimes reveals important differences between the decentralized German and the centralized British approach to heritage preservation. These differences not only have consequences for the governance of heritage preservation in the two countries, but also for their relations with international organizations such as UNESCO
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 4, 2022)
Subject Cultural property -- Germany
World Heritage areas -- Germany.
Cultural property -- Great Britain
World Heritage areas -- Great Britain
Cultural property
World Heritage areas
Germany
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030937720
3030937720