World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka, Malaysia

Pierpaolo De Giosa is a social anthropologist and former member of the research group ‘The Global Political Economy of Cultural Heritage’ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. His research interests lie at the intersection of urban studies and critical heritage studies.

"[...] this book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on UNESCO heritage making processes and politics, highlighting it as ‘both a blessing and a curse’ (p. 274). [...] the book already gives much food for thought on global heritage making in a Southeast Asian city, paving the way for others to then take up these follow-up questions."- Hamzah Muzaini, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol. 43, Iss. 2 "The author’s approach is to explore the issues from the ground up. He has combined considerable skill at sifting and analyzing documents with a remarkable talent, and sensitivity, for locating and interviewing a diverse array of people who are impacted by or actively engaged in the events. The result is a valuable contribution to the ethnography and the continuously unfolding history of Melaka." - Jerry Dennerline, JMBRAS, Vol. 95, Pt. 2

• Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Starter: Into a World Heritage City, 1. A Cityscape Below the Winds, 2. The Heritage Affairs, 3. UNESCO and the City, 4. Melakan Row Houses from the Ground Up, 5. Divide and Brand: Public Space, Politics, and Tourism, 6. A Melakan Ancestral Village, 7. Epilogue, Postscript, Bibliography, Index