In:
The Public Historian, University of California Press, Vol. 39, No. 4 ( 2017-11-01), p. 21-43
Abstract:
The industrial past has become an inescapable and fundamental component of the identity of the Ruhr region. Throughout the twentieth century the Ruhr acquired a diverse public self-perception—incorporating multiculturalism, football, nationalism, urbanity, and nature—that was strongly imbued by images of the industrial past. Over recent decades, representations of the Ruhr’s industrial heritage have been driven by a desire to build the future of the region on a proud sense of its past. However, there have also been signs of an increasing touristification and commercialization of industrial heritage that is sometimes presented in a self-congratulatory way. Development of a critical “historical culture” involving the region’s industrial past therefore remains a constant challenge.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0272-3433
,
1533-8576
DOI:
10.1525/tph.2017.39.4.21
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of California Press
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2054949-0
SSG:
7,26
SSG:
8
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