Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property (Paperback)

1 Introduction: the destruction and conservation of cultural property 2 The uneasy bedfellows: universality and cultural heritage 3 Should developing countries restore and conserve? 4 The end of history? Archaeology and the politics of identity in a globalized world 5 Return to Alexandria: conflict and contradiction in discourses of origins and heritage revivalism 6 Renovating Hue (Vietnam): authenticating destruction, reconstructing authenticity 7 Destruction and conservation of cultural property in Brazil: academic and practical challenges 8 From museum to mantelpiece: the antiquities trade in the United Kingdom 9 A note on the excavations at Ayodhya with reference to the Mandir-Masjid issue 10 The Ayodhya Issue 11 Ayodhya, the print media and communalism 12 The protection of Croatia's cultural heritage during war 1991-95 13 Challenges and dilemmas facing the reconstruction of war-damaged cultural heritage: the case study of Pocitelj, Bosnia-Herzegovina 14 Imminent or eminent domain? The contest over Thessaloniki’s Rotonda 15 The politics of the past: Emain Macha (Navan), Northern Ireland 16 Making news out of archaeological sites: the experience at Ijaye Orile, Nigeria 17 The changing use of worship in Roman and medieval Cordoba 18 The Adriatic Islands Project: monument destruction and protection in the Central Dalmatian Islands 19 'Pios vandals': restoration or destruction in Sri Lanka? 20 Destruction or conservation? Some aspects of monument policy in British India (1899-1905) 21 Use, value and significance in heritage management 22 Is the past a non-renewable resource? 23 Cape Town's District Six and archaeology of memory