A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century
Surveying the past, present, and future of historic preservation in America, this book features fifteen essays by some of the most important voices in the field. A Richer Heritage will be an essential, thought-provoking guide for professionals as well as administrators, volunteers, and policy makers involved in preservation efforts.

An introduction traces the evolution of historic preservation in America, highlighting the principal ideas and events that have shaped and continue to shape the movement. The book also describes the workings — legal, administrative, and fiscal — of the layered federal, state, and local government partnership put in place by Congress in 1966. Individual chapters explore the preservation of designed and vernacular landscapes, the relationship between historic preservation and the larger environmental and land-trust movements, the role of new private and nonprofit players, racial and ethnic interests in historic preservation, and the preservation of our intangible cultural values. A concluding chapter analyzes the present state of the historic preservation movement and suggests future directions for the field in the twenty-first century.

Contributors include preservationists, local-government citizen activists, an architect, landscape architects, environmentalists, an archaeologist, a real-estate developer, historians, a Native American tribal leader, an ethnologist, and lawyers.
1101620925
A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century
Surveying the past, present, and future of historic preservation in America, this book features fifteen essays by some of the most important voices in the field. A Richer Heritage will be an essential, thought-provoking guide for professionals as well as administrators, volunteers, and policy makers involved in preservation efforts.

An introduction traces the evolution of historic preservation in America, highlighting the principal ideas and events that have shaped and continue to shape the movement. The book also describes the workings — legal, administrative, and fiscal — of the layered federal, state, and local government partnership put in place by Congress in 1966. Individual chapters explore the preservation of designed and vernacular landscapes, the relationship between historic preservation and the larger environmental and land-trust movements, the role of new private and nonprofit players, racial and ethnic interests in historic preservation, and the preservation of our intangible cultural values. A concluding chapter analyzes the present state of the historic preservation movement and suggests future directions for the field in the twenty-first century.

Contributors include preservationists, local-government citizen activists, an architect, landscape architects, environmentalists, an archaeologist, a real-estate developer, historians, a Native American tribal leader, an ethnologist, and lawyers.
57.0 Out Of Stock
A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century

A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century

by Robert E. Stipe (Editor)
A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century

A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century

by Robert E. Stipe (Editor)

Paperback(1)

$57.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Temporarily Out of Stock Online
  • PICK UP IN STORE

    Your local store may have stock of this item.

Related collections and offers


Overview

Surveying the past, present, and future of historic preservation in America, this book features fifteen essays by some of the most important voices in the field. A Richer Heritage will be an essential, thought-provoking guide for professionals as well as administrators, volunteers, and policy makers involved in preservation efforts.

An introduction traces the evolution of historic preservation in America, highlighting the principal ideas and events that have shaped and continue to shape the movement. The book also describes the workings — legal, administrative, and fiscal — of the layered federal, state, and local government partnership put in place by Congress in 1966. Individual chapters explore the preservation of designed and vernacular landscapes, the relationship between historic preservation and the larger environmental and land-trust movements, the role of new private and nonprofit players, racial and ethnic interests in historic preservation, and the preservation of our intangible cultural values. A concluding chapter analyzes the present state of the historic preservation movement and suggests future directions for the field in the twenty-first century.

Contributors include preservationists, local-government citizen activists, an architect, landscape architects, environmentalists, an archaeologist, a real-estate developer, historians, a Native American tribal leader, an ethnologist, and lawyers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807854518
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 07/31/2003
Series: Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts
Edition description: 1
Pages: 592
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.32(d)
Lexile: 1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

Robert E. Stipe is Emeritus Professor of Design in the Landscape Architecture Department at North Carolina State University. He is coeditor of The American Mosaic: Preserving a Nation’s Heritage.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This impressive work is a detailed look at the state of historic preservation in America. It has been assembled by one of the longtime leading figures in the field and includes entries by some of the most important and knowledgeable practitioners. This new volume is fascinating reading for anyone interested in preservation and its history.” — William R. Chapman, University of Hawaii at Manoa

“Stipe and his colleagues have succeeded in an immensely challenging task — unraveling the complex field of historic preservation, and, in doing so, examining its strategies, values, and future directions. A Richer Heritage will serve as an invaluable guide for those entering or working in the field, as well as an important source of thought for future generations of preservationists.” — Paul W. Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation

A Richer Heritage makes a significant and much needed contribution to the preservation field. It offers a current framework for understanding the American preservation movement and how it is evolving within the context of government policies and legislation, the changing values of American culture, and the economic realities of preservation.” — Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews