Giving Preservation a History Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States

Name: Giving Preservation a History Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States
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ISBN: 9780415934435

ISBN-10: 0415934435

ISBN-13: 9780415934435

Edition: 2004

Authors: Max Page, Randall Mason

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Throughout the country, historic preservation has become a veritable industry. In New York City alone, the preservation movement has acquired a great deal of power, saving numerous edifices from the wrecking ball. New York is not alone, across the country, grassroots movements to preserve various aspects of the nation's past-Indian burial grounds, slave quarters and deco buildings. In this volume, some of the best figures in the field have come together to write on preservation movements Giving Preservation a History also touches on the European roots of the historic preservation movement; on how preservation movements have taken a leading role in shaping American urban space and urban…

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List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Introduction: Rethinking the Roots of the Historic Preservation Movement




Origin Stories: Finding the Roots of Historic Preservation in the United States



The Heritage Crusade and Its Contradictions




On Cults and Cultists: German Historic Preservation in the Twentieth Century




The Many Movements for Preservation in the United States



Roots in Boston, Branches in Planning and Parks




"A Spirit That Fires the Imagination" Historic Preservation and Cultural Regeneration in Virginia and New England, 1850-1950




Historic Preservation, Public Memory, and the Making of Modern New York City




Marketing the Past: Historic Preservation in Providence, Rhode Island




Place Over Time: Restoration and Revivalism in Santa Fe




Chicago's Mecca Flat Blues




Ancestral Architecture: The Early Preservation Movement in Charleston




Making History: Historic Preservation and Civic Identity in Denver




Conclusion: Moving Forward: Futures for a Preservation Movement



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