163 Pages
by
Routledge
163 Pages
by
Routledge
163 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987, The Heritage Industry sets out to protect the present and the future of life in Britain from their most dangerous enemy: a creeping takeover by the past. The author sets today’s obsession with yesterday in the context of a climate of social and political decline. The economic uncertainties and cultural convulsions of post-war life have made the past seem a pleasanter... Read more
Introduction 1. Living in a Museum 2. The Climate of Decline 3. Brideshead Re-Revisited 4. The Heritage Industry 5. The Politics of Patronage 6. A Future for the Past Notes Index
Biography
Robert Hewison
