Research Catalog

Title

Contested space : cultural heritage and identity reconstructions : conservation strategies within a developing Asian city / Gwynn Jenkins.

Author

Jenkins, Gwynn

Publication

Wien : Lit ; New Brunswick [N.J.] : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, c2008.

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Description

xxviii, 289 p. : col. ill., maps (chiefly col.); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Freiburger sozialanthropologische Studien ; Bd. 20

Uniform Title

Freiburger sozialanthropologische Studien ; Bd. 20.

Subject

• Sozialanthropologie > Kulturerbe > George Town <Pinang>
• Ethnische Identität > Sozialanthropologie > George Town <Pinang>
• Kulturerbe > Sozialanthropologie > George Town <Pinang>
• World Heritage areas > Pinang
• Multiculturalism > Pinang
• Cultural property > Protection > Pinang
• Cities and towns > Malaysia > Growth
• Sociology, Urban > Pinang
• Pulau Pinang (Malaysia : State) > History
• George Town <Pinang> > Sozialanthropologie

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-280).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Whose heritage? - Whose culture? - Whose space? -- Urban history, community and architectural identity: 1786-1970 -- National development - policies and practice: 1957-2007 -- Penang state - development and conservation: 1957-1990 -- Contested space: 1990-2007: urban development or a world heritage site? -- Heritage, culture, and tourism: cultural identity and consumption of the historic inner city -- Case studies: conservation realities -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9783825813666 (Deutschland : pbk.)
• 3825813665 (Deutschland : pbk.)
• 9783037352496 (Schweiz : pbk.)
• 3037352493 (Schweiz : pbk.)

OCLC

• 232713597
• SCSB-11401008

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library