Heritage-making and political identity

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-431

  Weiss, Lindsay ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritage sites; History; Multiculturalism; Politics of recognition; Postcolony

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848891590     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605307081400     Document Type: Article

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