A Richer Heritage

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Surveying the past, present, and future of historic preservation in America, this book features fifteen essays by some of the most important voices in the field A Richer Heritage will be an essential, thought provoking guide for professionals as well as administrators, volunteers, and policy makers involved in preservation efforts.An introduction traces the evolution of historic preservation in America, highlighting the principal ideas and events that have shaped and continue to shape the movement The book also describes the workings legal, administrative, and fiscal of the layered federal, state, and local government partnership put in place by Congress in 1966 Individual chapters explore the preservation of designed and vernacular landscapes, the relationship between historic preservation and the larger environmental and land trust movements, the role of new private and nonprofit players, racial and ethnic interests in historic preservation, and the preservation of our intangible cultural values A concluding chapter analyzes the present state of the historic preservation movement and suggests future directions for the field in the twenty first century Contributors include preservationists, local government citizen activists, an architect, landscape architects, environmentalists, an archaeologist, a real estate developer, historians, a Native American tribal leader, an ethnologist, and lawyers. Best Download A Richer Heritage [ Author ] Robert E. Stipe [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr An exceptionally dense and tiring read, but so rewarding While it put me to bed a number of nights, there is so much knowledge and meticulously researched detail pack into this volume I ll certainly keep it as a reference as my career progresses.I read this book as part of a graduate course in historic preservation Like most college text books it is choke full of information, however, it is quite dull.A classic Accessible, descriptive, detailed.If you re interested in learningabout preservation read this book go get it nowA good source for preservation fundamentals.

A Richer Heritage
  • English
  • 15 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 592 pages
  • 0807854514
  • Robert E. Stipe
  • A Richer Heritage