The Expediency of CultureThe Expediency of Culture is a pioneering theorization of the changing role of culture in an increasingly globalized world. George Ydice explores critically how groups ranging from indigenous activists to nation states to nongovernmental organizations have all come to see culture as a valuable resource to be invested in, contested, and used for varied sociopolitical and economic ends. Through a dazzling series of illustrative studies, Ydice challenges