... at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. It then turns to the successive—and ultimately unrealized—urban plans that were drawn up for Argos on the orders of Kapodistrias and suggests that while Kapodistrias was not unconcerned with issues of cultural heritage, they did not rank among his highest priorities...

... the fastest-growing Amish population, and this book highlights the diversity of Amish settlement there and the contribution of New York's Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage. This second edition updates settlement areas to acknowledge recently established communities and to demonstrate the impact...

...Chapter Two focuses on the idea of cultural heritage, as embodied in recent debates over the place of Balinese language instruction in the national curriculum. As with the examples from the previous chapter, public discussion of the curriculum was characterized by a juxtaposition of contrasting...

...This chapter addresses the role of cultural heritage in the drive to strengthen social solidarity and national unity in the ideologically unstable era of de-Stalinization. During the second, reconstitutive phase of de-Stalinization after 1961, the heritage of the Northwest played a strategic role...

..., however, witnessed rapid—and only very loosely controlled—urban growth that frequently threatened to pit local proprietors and developers against the archaeological authorities. The chapter reviews some necessary reflections on the value of cultural heritage and how it might be more widely embraced...

... of fond communal memories of certain objects from the political system that produced them. It points out the ironic invocation of the international discourse of cultural heritage that legitimate the trash of the previous era and enabled Hungarians to redefine themselves as both savvy capitalist consumers...

...This chapter turns to other types of material objects that were capable of performing history: timber buildings associated with cultural heritage and historical ship replicas. The last three decades of the Soviet Union evidenced a fast growth in the number of heritage sites related to traditional...

..., the state marketed the region's cultural heritage to the nation as the symbols of Russified Soviet identity linked to myths of sacredness, sacrifice, and patriotism. The idea of the Northwest was placed at the center of everyday life, emerging as a center of tourism and cultural activity in the 1960s...