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Zusatztext "This collection is an extension of such works and can be viewed as a series of illustrative case studies that will engage with and inform students! early-career researchers! geographers and historians alike about the possibilities of think-ing geographically about the multitudinous ways of making! circulating and displaying global knowledge in the nineteenth century. In its focus on books! pictures! pamphlets and models as objects involved in the circulation of scientifc knowledge! this volume also offers a counterpoint to the burgeoning literature on the mobility of scientifc instruments".Matthew Goodman! University of Glasgow! Historical Geography "[T]his group of authors give readers a variety of tools with which to think through precisely what 'global' can mean in historical analysis. The variety of methodologies expertly employed is refreshing and makes the collection a useful primer for students but also an! instructive resource for experts in any of the felds included. It is a self-aware collection determined to provoke questions and un-dermine assumptions about how knowledge is formed across boundaries! a goal it achieves admirably."Katherine Parker Hakluyt Society! UK! Journal of Historical Geography Informationen zum Autor Christina Cameron! Professor! School of Architecture and Chairholder! Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage! Université de Montréal! Canada. Mechtild Rössler! Chief of policy and statutory meetings! World Heritage Centre! UNESCO and member of the Centre Géohistoire! Université Paris I! Sorbonne! Paris (France). Klappentext This book examines the World Heritage system and its global impact through diverse prisms! including its normative frameworks! constituent bodies! programme activities! personalities and key issues. Concentrating on the period between 1972 and 2000. Zusammenfassung This book examines the World Heritage system and its global impact through diverse prisms, including its normative frameworks, constituent bodies, programme activities, personalities and key issues. Concentrating on the period between 1972 and 2000. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Creation of the World Heritage Convention2. Process for Identifying World Heritage Sites3. Populating the World Heritage List: 1978-20004. Conserving World Heritage Sites5. The Players6. Assessment of the World Heritage System: 1972-2000 ...
