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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way-- but first she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island.
Publisher
Knox Heritage
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Developer Kristopher Kendrick has had an important and distinct impact on the history and development of Knoxville, Tennessee. With the help of the non-profit organization Knox Heritage Society, DoubleJay Creative produced an historical documentary to pay tribute to Kendrick's life's work: restoring the city's neglected and forgotten buildings to their functional splendor. This film showcases his pioneering efforts to preserve and revitalize important...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anthropologist Sophia Shepard is researching the impact of tourism on cultural sites in a remote national monument on the Utah-Arizona border when she unexpectedly crosses paths with two small-time criminals. The Ashdown brothers were hired to steal maps from a collector of Native American artifacts, but instead of delivering as promised, the brothers are out to strike it rich. But their ineptitude has alerted the local sheriff to their presence--and...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In The Past and Future City, Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes in detail, and with unique empirical research, the many ways that saving and restoring historic fabric can help a city create thriving neighborhoods, good jobs, and a vibrant economy. She explains the critical importance of preservation for all our communities, the ways the historic preservation field has evolved to embrace the challenges...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxi, 435 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations."--Provided by publisher.
18) Mechanicsville
Author
Publisher
Knoxville/Knox County Community Action Committee
Pub. Date
[1978]
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Formats
Author
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
pages 187-195
Language
English
Description
Review of two essays which explain their states' historic preservation purposes, goals, practices and methods (North Carolina's "A lonesome place against the sky" and Missouri's "Foundations from the Past: Missouri's historic preservation program")
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