On Living in an Old Country : The National Past in Contemporary Britain


Patrick. Wright
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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: : Oxford University Press, , 2009.
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1 online resource (319 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface to the OUP Edition: Heritage and the Place of Criticism; Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; 1. Introduction: Everyday Life, Nostalgia and the National Past; 2. Trafficking in History; 3. Coming Back to the Shores of Albion: The Secret England of Mary Butts (1890-1937); 4. A Blue Plaque for the Labour Movement? Some Political Meanings of the National Past; 5. Falling Back Together in the 1980s: The Continuing Voyage of the Mary Rose; 6. Moving House in a Welfare State; 7. The Ghosting of the Inner City; Afterword: Everyday Life and the Aura of the Modern Past. - Appendix to the Oxford Edition Sneering at the Theme Parks: An Encounter with the Heritage IndustryNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - This is the book that put Britain's 'heritage industry' on the map, opening one of the defining cultural and political debates of its time, and showing why conservation was a subject of broad significance, far broader than its professional status might suggest. - ;The hulk of Henry VIII's flagship is raised from the seabed in an operation that captures the mind of the nation. The leader of the Labour party wears an informal coat at the Cenotaph and provokes a national scandal. An elderly lady whose ancient house is scheduled for demolition dismantles it, piece by piece, and moves it across the
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