Acknowledgements List of Acronyms List of Illustrations Introduction PART I: MAKING THE EUROPEANS: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL POLICY Imagined Europe: Narratives of European Cultural Identity European Cultural Policies PART II: BEING AND BECOMING: THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE A Simple Idea and a Vision: The ECOC Programme A 'Wealth of Urban Cultures': The European Cities of Culture in 2000 PART III: EUROPE AS LANDSCAPE: THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION From Monuments to Landscape: The European Landscape Convention Europe as a Landscape: Unity in Diversity in Practice Conclusion Bibliography Index