Gantner / Geering / Vickers Heritage under Socialism

Preservation in Eastern and Central Europe, 1945–1991
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80539-379-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten, EPUB

How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gantner, Eszter

Geering, Corinne

Vickers, Paul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Heritage Under Socialism: Trajectories of Preserving the Tangible Past in Postwar Eastern and Central Europe
Corinne Geering and Paul Vickers
Part I: Transfers and Exchanges in Heritage Policies and Practices
Chapter 1. The Past Belongs to the Future: Heritage in Soviet Policymaking on Cultural Development
Corinne Geering
Chapter 2. International Experts – National Martyrdom – Socialist Heritage: The Contribution of the Polish People’s Republic to the Early UNESCO World Heritage Program
Julia Röttjer
Chapter 3. International Tourism and the Making of the National Heritage Canon in Late Soviet Ukraine, 1964–1991
Iryna Sklokina
Chapter 4. International Contacts and Cooperation in Heritage Preservation in Soviet Estonia, 1960–1990
Karin Hallas-Murula and Kaarel Truu
Part II: Canonizing and Contesting the Past: Heritage, Place and Belonging under Socialism
Chapter 5. Socialist Royalty? The Ambiguities of the Reconstruction of the Royal Residence in Budapest in the 1950s
Eszter Gantner
Chapter 6. Justifying Demolition, Questioning Value: Urban Typologies and the Concept of the “Historic Town” in 1960s Romania
Liliana Iuga
Chapter 7. Making Sense of Socialism through Heritage Preservation: Stories from Northwest Bohemia
Cenek Pýcha
Chapter 8. Socialism and the Rise of Industrial Heritage: The Preservation of Industrial Monuments in the German Democratic Republic
Nele-Hendrikje Lehmann
Conclusion: Transnational Heritage Networks in Socialist Eastern and Central Europe
Corinne Geering

Über Autor(innen)

Gantner, Eszter

Geering, Corinne

Corinne Geering leads a junior research group at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) in Leipzig, Germany. She is the author of Building a Common Past: World Heritage in Russia under Transformation, 1965–2000.

Vickers, Paul

Paul Vickers is manager of the Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies (DIMAS) and the Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America at the University of Regensburg. His book, Making Popular Memory in Communist Poland, is forthcoming.

Eszter Gantner (1971–2019) was a research fellow and project coordinator at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg, Germany, from 2013 to 2019. She published widely on heritage, the urban history of East Central Europe, and Jewish history.