Industrial Heritage

<p><em>The Industrial Heritage</em> is the first integrated approach to the assessment, conservation, interpretation, financing and management of the complex heritage of industrial cultures. It breaks new ground, as the authors (both active workers in the field) suggest that concepts of <em>heritage</em> defined to deal with pre-industrial cultures must be modified to deal with the very different demands presented by industrial objects and the societies which produced them.<br> The essence of this book is practicality, offering examples of the real issues which confront those concerned with preserving and managing the industrial heritage.</p> 1. Industrial Culture as Heritage Introduction, Instruments of Heritage Thinking, Planning for Landscapes and Sites, Industrial Heritage in the Museum 2. What Industrial Heritage Can Do The Expansion of Heritage, Realising the Cultural Potential of Industrial Heritage, Industrial Heritage and the Future of Industrial CiIvilisation 3. Creating Constituencies Heritage as a Service, Key Constituencies in the formation of a Project, Overcoming Local Opposition, Addressing a Wider Public, Inviting Involvement, Extending the Scope of Industrial Heritage 4. Defining Heritage Resources: Protection, Collection and Documentation Landscape Resoures, Landscape Resources: Systems of Protection, Landscapes, Sites and Buildings: Resource Management, Museums and Sites: Conservation and Collection, Conclusion 5. Interpretation: Linking Resources and Uses Introduction, The Interpreted Landscapre, The Interpreted Site, Interpreting Collections 6.Bringing Projects to Fruition Setting Objectives, Choice of Organisational Form, Support Structure: Co-ordinating Resources and Commitments, Planning for Growth and Change, Budgetary Structure and Strategy, Staffing Strategy, Caring for Resources, Managing Design, Monitoring Effectiveness, Recognising Blockages, New Direction.