The Heritage Industry: Britain in a Climate of Decline

by Robert Hewison

First published in 1987, The Heritage Industry sets out to protect the present and the future of life in Britain from their most dangerous enemy: a creeping takeover by the past. The author sets today's obsession with yesterday in the context of a climate of social and political decline. The economic uncertainties and cultural convulsions of post-war life have made the past seem a pleasanter and safer place. But how true is that image of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032482249
• ISBN13: 9781032482248
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 159 Pages