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Author:   Thijs Weststeijn (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) ,  Liz Waters
Publisher:   Polity Press
Imprint:   Polity Press
ISBN:  

9781509567843

ISBN 10:   1509567844
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   04 June 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

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Prologue: A cry of nations o'er sunken halls 1. Historical heritage threatened by the climate crisis Dutch canaries in a global coalmine A bathtub surrounded by water A heritage worldwide under threat Higher water temperatures, more droughts and rain Thawing permafrost Storms and fires The rising sea Museums Combinations of factors 2. Why heritage? The heritage crusade continues Inheriting and legating: the new challenge Solastalgia Heritage: between micro and micro 3. Art and nature: fertile cross-pollination Mankind's best moment? The Little Ice Age Landscape into art The artificial landscape From wind and pear to coal and oil Shell and the climate movement Artists versus the fossil fuel industry The robber barons and their art patronage Artwashing worldwide Another colonial dimension: Britain, India, Myanmar, Iran, Iraq Museums as battlegrounds for climate action 4. The historical sensation in the Anthropocene Human and natural history: a matter of scale The historical sensation in the light of the future The end of progressivism Progress in the West = decline in the Global South Cyclical history The Great Acceleration Human and non-human time regimes The multiple temporalities of heritage 5. Transformation Authenticity and materials A cyclical view: breaking down and building up Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! Abandoning heritage 6. Digitization The real and the virtual The ubiquity and ephemerality of the digital world Digitization as a tool 7. Reconstruction A receding coastline: the Cape Hatteras lighthouse and Clavell Tower The temple of Zhang Fei UNESCO's views on reconstruction Place, identity and the 'global commons' Epilogue: looking the beast in the eye Heritage contributes to better understanding Cathedral thinking List of illustrations Notes Index

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Thijs Weststeijn is a Professor of Art History at Utrecht University.

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