Industrial Heritage in a Post-Industrial Age. Heritage Debates and Perspectives in Britain and Germany, 1880 to the present

Christian Mueller, Peter Itzen

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Abstract

The essay traces the diverse uses of industrial heritage culture in an environment of changing European and worldwide industrial economic settings and changes. The chapter focuses on how life in industrial societies is remembered on political and general public levels, and how this memorial culture shapes every-day life, forms new institutions and associations, and informs political and social debates.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Invention of Industrial Pasts. Heritage, Political Culture and Economic Debates in Great Britain and Germany, 1850–2010
EditorsChristian Mueller, Peter Itzen
Place of PublicationAugsburg
PublisherWissner Verlag
Chapter1
Pages3-14
ISBN (Print)9783896399106
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameSchriften des Arbeitskreises Deutsche England-Forschung
Volume69

Keywords

  • Heritage
  • Economic history
  • History
  • Development
  • Cultural Heritage
  • industry

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