Zones of tradition - places of identity : cities and their heritage /

Vinken, Gerhard,

Zones of tradition - places of identity : cities and their heritage / Gerhard Vinken. - 1 online resource (324 pages). - Urban Studies .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Setting the Framework -- 1 The Heritage of Cities -- 2 The Crises of the Modern City -- 3 The Distinctiveness of Cities -- 4 The Spaces of the Monument -- Zoning the City. Heritage and Modernity -- 5 Tashkent / Uzbekistan -- 6 Basel / Switzerland -- 7 New York / USA -- 8 Düsseldorf / Germany -- Doing Tradition. Heritage Politics and Identity-Building -- 9 Cologne / Germany -- 10 Berlin / Germany -- 11 Palermo / Italy -- 12 Frankfurt / Germany -- Reclaiming Heritage. Conflict, Contestation, Canonization -- 13 Palermo / Italy -- 14 New York / USA -- 15 Salvador da Bahia / Brazil -- 16 New Orleans / USA -- References -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments

What is the heritage of our cities? Which are the monuments, places, and spaces in which it accumulates, and by which practices is it formed, handed down, appropriated? Gerhard Vinken takes the readers to twelve cities on three continents and analyses the diverse and contradictory heritage formations that have had a lasting impact on urban life. The vitality of urban heritage, as these vivid and in-depth case studies show, lies in the dynamic and often conflictual processes of social appropriation and interpretation. Covering a diverse range of themes, the book familiarizes the reader with important questions and theories in urban research and heritage studies.


In English.

3839454468 9783839454466

10.1515/9783839454466 doi


Political science.
Architectural Preservation.
Architecture.
City.
Cultural Heritage.
Heritage Politics.
Memory Culture.
Reconstruction.
Space.
Urban Planning.
Urban Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Political science.

Architectural Preservation. Architecture. City. Cultural Heritage. Heritage Politics. Memory Culture. Reconstruction. Space. Urban Planning. Urban Studies.


Electronic books.

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