World Heritage on the Ground

World Heritage on the GroundThe UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige. Presenting case studies from across the globe, particularly from Africa and Asia, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites explore the consequences of the World Heritage framework

Lords of the Land

learning the ropes in an industry which will later bring him both wealth and fame

The notion of marginalism

this text describes the defining principles

the role of values

) is one of the most important crops for producing sugar and bioethanol

The authors balance careful empirical accounts with a willingness to look ahead to future transformations of the workplace and to draw out the current policy implications of their analyses

Peter Jackson translates and analyses selected correspondence published in Uncle Go’s advice columns

Part of the magic of the Hong Kong countryside lies in this proximity to the city

Underlying all the chapters is a focus on how Hou reinvents Tang-dynasty China in contemporary culture

this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings

and state incentives