Giving Preservation a History FROM THE PUBLISHER
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 development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation bodes for the effort to preserve the nation's past.
SYNOPSIS
Editors Page (architecture and history, U. of Massachusetts-Amhurst)and Mason (architecture, U. of Pennsylvania) describe the historic preservation movement in the US as "one of the broadest and longest- lasting land-use reforms in this country." In ten essays on origin stories, the many preservation movements in the US, and the future of historic architecture preservation, they and their contributors describe how the movement is a crusade with contradictions; they show how it has changed from preserving the brownstones of dead Brahmins to bringing to life the stories of those who endured discrimination and marginalization. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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