ABSTRACT
The idea of place was implicit throughout Parts II and III in their examination of the reasons why heritage has been created, and how it is being used for political, social and economic purposes. People, heritage and places have become linked together in a complicated and constantly mutating variety of ways. The private heritage domain nurtures identification with individuals and families with a similar heritage regardless of their location or political jurisdiction, while conversely fostering a heritage distance from other social groups more spatially proximate. Prior to addressing the national domain, some general comments regarding the relationship between heritage and scale are necessary. The dominance of the national is now so all-pervasive that it is difficult to imagine heritage without national museums, archives and theatres; without national monuments, historical narratives, heroes and villains; without national ministries, agencies, laws, policies and financial subsidies.
