Description: This Research Companion brings together a team of leading experts to provide a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the key aspects of heritage and identity. It addresses all the major perspectives on - and dimensions to - heritage and identity in a range of geographical contexts.
Review Quotes: '...a comprehensive, authoritative review of current research addressing the role of heritage in identity formation...appropriately illustrated, referenced, and indexed. Recommended...' Choice '...topical, incisive, friendly, informed, and sensible.' Reference Reviews 'This is the book that we have been waiting for! This Research Companion is destined to find its way onto the shelves of scholarly libraries, academics and postgraduates.' Geographical Research 'The Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity covers a vast terrain, both in terms of its thematic context and case study material, as well as in the commendable blend of disciplinary perspectives represented. All of this ensures that it succeeds in providing a thorough and comprehensive guide to what is an increasingly important field of inquiry.' Irish Geography 'Heritage and Identity is a valuable and timely contribution to the heritage field, it not only brings to the fore new and challenging directions of study, but also pays a very positive tribute to the clarification of its analytical and theoretical frameworks.' Museum and Society