Fast & Free Shipping
Get FREE delivery in the Republic of Ireland when you spend €10 or more
Currently Out Of Stock
Landscape, heritage and national identity in modern Europe
Hardback
€53.99
Collect 161 Reward Points
- Currently Out Of Stock
- Book Synopsis
- This book describes the way in which landscape and landscape heritage have been - and still are - used to define national identities. It shows how national narratives use different types of landscapes. Some nations use nature as their main point of reference, partly to circumcise conflicts between different ethnic groups. Other nations use agrarian landscapes, that are often describes as timeless and 'rooted'. Again other nations use history as a major sources for defining identities. In these cases, myths of origins, 'Golden Ages' or wars and conflicts deliver the materials for national narratives. The final section describes how nation states developed new urban as well as rural landscapes as national showpieces. As landscapes are an important but under-researched aspect of nation-building, this book fills a gap in the study of nationalism.
- About The Author
- Hans Renes retired in 2021 as a historical geographer at Utrecht University and professor of heritage studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He published on many different aspects of landscape history of the Netherlands and Europe as well as on the relation between landscape heritage and planning. He is co-editor of the Tijdschrift voor Historische Geografie and the recently launched Journal of European Landscapes.
- Product Details
-
- ISBN
- 9783031095351
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan, (06 October 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 97
- Weight
- 286 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 148 x 14 mm
- Categories: