Beyond Preservation - Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Hurley is Professor of History at the University of Missouri-St.Louis. He is the author of Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture and Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980. Klappentext A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighbourhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes Zusammenfassung A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighbourhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; I. Preservation in the Inner City; II. Taking It to the Streets: Public History in the City; III. An Experiment in North St. Louis; IV. History That Matters: Integrating Research and Neighborhood Planning; V. Making a Place for Nature: Preserving Urban Environments; VI. Scholars in the Asphalt Jungle: The Dilemmas of Sharing Authority In Urban University-Community Partnerships; VII. Conclusion: An Agenda for Urban Preservation

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Hurley
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2010
• EAN: 9781439902288
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0228-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy; Urban Life, Landscape and Poli; Urban Life, Landscape and Policy; Urban Life, Landscape and Poli
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education