Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Claims about Heritage: 1. Heritage and national treasures; 2. 'Two ways of thinking'; Part II. Narrative and Custom: 3. Constructing British heritage; 4. This culture of ours; Part III. Regulation and Rights: 5. Regulation and private rights; 6. Liberalism and valuable practices.

Promotional Information

This book reviews the competing claims that works of art belong either to a particular people and place, or to humankind.

About the Author

Derek Gillman is Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation. A former President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and Keeper of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, he is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors and is currently President of the International Cultural Property Society.

Reviews

"This book is of value for Canadian archaeologists working both at home and abroad for a number of reasons." --Jeffrey Seibert, Journal Canadien D'Archeologie 36