Protecting Heritage in the Caribbean

Informationen zum Autor Peter E. Siegel is an associate professor of anthropology at Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, and editor of Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico. Elizabeth Righter is a former territorial archaeologist for the U.S. Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and editor of The Tutu Archaeological Village Site: A Multidisciplinary Case Study in Human Adaptation. Klappentext This volume addresses the problem of how Caribbean nations deal with the challenges of protecting their cultural heritages or patrimonies within the context of pressing economic development concerns. Zusammenfassung In this volume! practitioners of heritage management on the frontline of their own islands address the current state of affairs across the Caribbean to present a comprehensive overview of Caribbean heritage preservation challenges. Considerable variability is seen in how determined and serious different nations are in approaching the responsibilities of heritage preservation.

Product details

• Authors: Peter E. (EDT)/ Righter Siegel
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Righter (Editor), Peter E Siegel (Editor), Peter E. Siegel (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.2011
• EAN: 9780817356675
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5667-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories