This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why recent policies continue to lean towards the predictable melding of cultural diversity with tendencies of assimilation.

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EMMA WATERTON is a Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Her research is largely prompted by an interest in the tensions that exist between elite discourses and alternative constructions of heritage, memory and identity. Publications include the co-authored volume (with Laurajane Smith) Heritage, Communities and Archaeology (2009) and the co-edited volume (with Steve Watson) Culture, Heritage and Representations (2010). She is currently Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies.

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List of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Critical Discourse Analysis and Cultural Policy Heritage in the Wider World The Discursive Blueprint: A History of Heritage Policy New Labour, New Heritage? On Being Radical: The Heritage Protection Reform Turning the Trick by Itself: The Historic Environment and 'Community Cohesion' Conclusion Appendices Notes References Index