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A Future in Ruins UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace

Paperback • 2020 • English

A Future in Ruins UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace

By Lynn Meskell

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Best known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity," the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1945 as an intergovernmental agency aimed at fostering peace, humanitarianism, and intercultural understanding. Its mission was inspired by leading European intellectuals such as Henri Bergson, Marie C...Show more

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9780197503188

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

A Future in Ruins UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace

Format

Paperback

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