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Author Mayes, Thompson M., author.

Title Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being / Thompson M. Mayes.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
©2018

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  720.9 MAYES    Check Shelf
Description xxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series American Association for State and Local History book series
American Association for State and Local History book series.
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.
Historic preservation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Historic preservation. (OCoLC)fst00957821
Added Author National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
Other Form: ebook version : 9781538117699
ISBN 9781538117682 (hardcover)
1538117681 (hardcover)
9781538117699 ebook
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