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Subjects:

Cultural property -- Protection -- Asia.
Asia -- Cultural policy.
Cultural property -- Conservation and restoration -- Government policy -- Asia.
Historic preservation -- Government policy -- Asia.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Asia.
Monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- Asia.

Language:

In English.

Contents:

1. Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia: An Introduction / Shu-Li Wang, Philippe Peycam, Hui Yew-Foong, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao
2. World Heritage and WikiLeaks: Territory, Trade and Temples on the Thai-Cambodian Border / Lynn Meskell
3. Heritage Making - Aid For Whom? The Genealogy of Expert Reports in the Hands of Politics and Their Impact in the Case of Preah Vihear / Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
4. The International Coordinating Committee for Angkor: A World Heritage Site as an Arena of Competition, Connivance and State(s) Legitimation / Philippe Peycam
5. Legacies of Cultural Philanthropy in Asia / Mary S Zurbuchen
6. To Help or Make Chaos? An Ethnography of Dutch Expertise in Postcolonial Indonesia / Lauren Yapp
7. Heritage Conservation as a Tool for Cultural Diplomacy: Implications for the Sino-Japanese Relationship / Victor Chi-Ming Chan
8. From Ideological Alliance to Identity Clash: The Historical Origin of the Sino-Korean Goguryeo Controversies / Anran Wang
9. Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology in Afghanistan: A Case Study of Bamiyan / J Eva Meharry
10. Disappearing Voices: The Politics and Practice of Safeguarding Kunqu Opera in the People's Republic of China / Min Yen Ong
11. Neoliberalizing Heritage: International Agencies and the Local Dynamics of Heritage Conservation in Bali, Indonesia / Agung Wardana
12. Heritage Conservation as Trickle-Down Development / Jayde Lin Roberts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Peycame, Philippe, editor.
Wang, Shu-Li (Anthropologist) editor.
Hui, Yew-Foong, editor.
Xiao, Xinhuang, editor.
Walter de Gruyter & Co.

ISBN:

9789814881166 (electronic bk.)
9814881163 (electronic bk.)
9789814881159
9814881155

Publisher Number:

99988389314

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.