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

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Informationen zum Autor Max Page is an Associate Professor of Architecture and History at the University of Massachusetts! Amherst and a 2003 Guggenheim Fellow. He is the author of The Creative Destruction of Manhattan! 1900-1940 (University of Chicago Press! 1999)! and co-author with Steven Conn of Building the Nation: Americans Write About Their Architecture! Their Cities! and Their Landscape (University of Pennsylvania Press! 2003). Randall Mason is an Assistant Professor in the Planning School and the Director of the Graduate Program in Preservation at the University of Maryland. Klappentext In this volume! some of the best figures in the field have come together to write on preservation movements across the country! from New York to Atlanta to Santa Fe and others. 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 development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation means for the effort to preserve the nation's past. Zusammenfassung 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. This title concerns topics to do with historic preservation. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction: Rethinking the Roots of the Historic Preservation Movement! Max Page and Randy Mason II. Origin Stories: Finding the Roots of Historic Preservation in the United States 1. The Heritage Crusade and Its Contradictions! David Lowenthal 2. On Cults and Cultists: German Historic Preservation in the Twentieth Century! Rudy Koshar III. The Many Movements for Preservation in the United States in the Twentieth Century 3. Roots in Boston! Branches in Parks and Planning! Michael Holleran 4. "A Spirit That Fires the Imagination": Historic Preservation and Cultural Regeneration in Virginia and New England! 1850-1950! James Lindgren 5. Historic Preservation! Public Memory! and the Making of Modern New York City! Randall Mason 6. Marketing the Past: Historic Preservation in Providence! Rhode Island! Briann Greenfield 7. Place Over Time: Restoration and Revivalism in Santa Fe! Chris Wilson 8. Chicago's Mecca Flat Blues! Daniel Bluestone 9. Ancestral Architecture: The Early Preservation Movement in Charleston! Robert R. Weyeneth 10. Making History: Historical Preservation and Civic Identity in Denver! Judy Mattavi Morley IV. Conclusion: Moving Forward: Futures for a Preservation Movement! Ned Kaufman ...

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Authors Randall F. Page Mason, Max Mason Page
Assisted by Randall Mason (Editor), Randall F. Mason (Editor), Max Page (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 05.12.2003
 
EAN 9780415934435
ISBN 978-0-415-93443-5
No. of pages 352
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering

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