Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Valuing Historic Environments; Part I Values and Heritage Stewardship; 1 Patrons, Populists, Apologists: Crises in Museum Stewardship; 2 Deference and Humility: The Social Values of the Country House; 3 Historic Landscapes and the Recent Past: Whose History?; Part II Cultural Landscapes; 4 Cultural Landscapes and Identity; 5 Being Autocentric: Towards Symmetry in Heritage Management Practices.
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This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars to discuss frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. It critically analyses the various conceptions of value in terms of heritage and shows the complexities in attempting to provide a responsive, sustainable, democratic notion of heritage while delivering on social and economic objectives.