Drawing from eleven rich case studies in Asia, this book is the first to explore how heritage is used as aid and diplomacy by various agencies to produce knowledge, power, values and geopolitics in the global heritage regime.
Philippe Peycam is Director, International Institute for Asian StudiesShu-Li Wang is Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica.Hui Yew-Foong is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University; and Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao is Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, and Chair Professor of Hakka Studies, National Central University, Taiwan.
