Museum and Heritage Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Memory and History

   Understanding Memory as Source and Subject

   Edited by Joan Tumblety

   Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

   How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? Memory and History explores the different aspects of the study of this field. Taking examples from Europe, Australia, the USA and Japan and...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Memorylands

   Heritage and Identity in Europe Today

   By Sharon Macdonald

   Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a ’memoryland’ – littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
3. Museum Architecture

   A New Biography

   By Suzanne MacLeod

   Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of museum building around the world and the subsequent publication of multiple texts dedicated to the subject. Museum Architecture: A new biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. Dewey-Arg Philosophers

   By J.E. Tiles

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Archaeology in Environment and Technology

   Intersections and Transformations

   Edited by David Frankel, Susan Lawrence, Jennifer Webb

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the focus of much attention; often one...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. Tourism in National Capitals and Global Change

   Edited by Robert Maitland

   At a time of increasing city competition, national capitals are at the forefront of efforts to gain competitive advantage for themselves and their nation, to project a distinctive and positive image and to score well in global city league tables. They are frequently their country’s main tourist...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
7. Dark Tourism and Place Identity

   Managing and Interpreting Dark Places

   Edited by Leanne White, Elspeth Frew

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Dark Tourism, including visitation to places such as murder sites, battlefields and cemeteries is a growing phenomenon, as well as an emergent area of scholarly interest. Despite this interest, the intersecting domains of dark tourism and place identity have been largely overlooked in the academic...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
8. Commemorative Events

   Memory, Identities, Conflict

   By Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing

   Series: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series

   Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
9. The Public History Reader

   Edited by Hilda Kean, Paul Martin

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   Drawing on theory and practice from five continents, The Public History Reader offers clearly written accessible introductions to debates in public history as it places people, such as practitioners, bloggers, archivists, local historians, curators or those working in education, at the heart of...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
10. Asian Heritage Management

    Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects

    Edited by Kapila Silva, Neel Kamal Chapagain

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing...

    Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge