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Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, a critique of the preservation movement--and a bold vision for its future. Every day, millions of people enter old buildings, pass monuments, and gaze at landscapes unaware that these acts are possible only thanks to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Page, Max (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
Colección:Why X matters.
Temas:
United States. > National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (United States)
Historic preservation > United States.
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration.
Préservation historique > États-Unis.
Monuments historiques > Conservation et restauration.
Lieux historiques > Conservation et restauration.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Historic Preservation > General.
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration
Historic preservation
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Prologue: Todos por la vida-everything for life
  • 1. Not your grandmother's preservation movement
  • 2. Why we preserve
  • 3. How Americans preserve
  • 4. Preservation and economic justice
  • 5. Preservation and sustainability
  • 6. Preserving and interpreting difficult places
  • 7. Beauty and justice
  • Notes
  • Index.

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