Asia's heritage trend: examining Asia's present through its past

In: Routledge contemporary Asia series

Abstract

List of contributors -- Introduction / Jong-Il Kim and Minjae Zoh -- Asia's heritage trend: underpinning the existing components and perspectives / Minjae Zoh -- Heritage values in comparative perspective / John Carman -- An observation of Asia's sites on the UNESCO World Heritage list through data analysis of the criteria for selection / Ilhong Ko, Minjae Zoh and Jun Young Park -- Silk Road narratives in East Asia: cultural heritage, cultural propaganda and cultural erasure / Susan Whitfield -- Archaeology, politics and diplomacy in Afghanistan: the international years (1946-1978) / J. Eva Meharry -- Asia's difficult heritage-making between nationalism and transnationalism: colonial prisons in South Korea, Taiwan, and China / Hyun Kyung Lee and Shu-Mei Huang -- Political uses of sacred heritage at the Shwedagon Pagoda in British Burma (1824-1948) / Alicia Stevens -- Rights to heritage and the environment in Thailand: a case study of the Kaeng Krachan Forest complex / Alisa Santikarn -- The people of Angkor / Alison Kyra Carter and Miriam T. Stark -- The enigmatic jars of Laos: recent archaeological research on the Plain of Jars / Dougald O'Reilly and Louise Shewan -- Leave no stone unturned: exploring behavioural variability in expedient stone tool assemblages / Benjamin J. Utting -- Asia's heritage trend: lessons learned and moving forward / Jong-Il Kim -- Index.