Book
A place in history: social and monumental time in a Cretan town
Princeton University Press • Princeton, N.J. • Published In 1991 • Pages: xvi, 305
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
Abstract
Herzfeld examines inter-linked issues of housing, tourism, history, local-state relations, and identity in the Cretan port town of Rethemnos. How is identity negotiated in a town that has been at a cross currents of history (Venetian and Turkish) and since the 1960s experiencing a housing boom, one closely controlled by the state in the effort to preserve a national heritage? Herzfeld examines how morality and identity are entwined in the struggle between state historic conservation office, city planning board, and local families trying to make a living. Some of the specific issues he looks at are gambling, tax evasion, and informing.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field Date
- 1970-1984
- Coverage Date
- 1940-1989
- Coverage Place
- Rethemnos, Crete, Greece
- Notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285)
- LCCN
- 90028755
- LCSH
- Greece