Description |
xxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
Series |
American Association for State and Local History book series |
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American Association for State and Local History book series.
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Note |
"National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-129) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword / by Stephanie K. Meeks -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Continuity -- Memory -- Individual Identity -- Civic, state, national, and universal identity -- Beauty -- History -- Architecture -- Sacred -- Creativity -- Learning -- Sustainability -- Ancestors -- Community -- Economics -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
Explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as more traditional reasons such as history, national identity, and architecture. |
Subject |
Historic buildings -- Social aspects.
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Historic preservation.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Historic preservation. (OCoLC)fst00957821
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Added Author |
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
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Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781538117699 |
ISBN |
9781538117682 (hardcover) |
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1538117681 (hardcover) |
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9781538117699 ebook |
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