Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation

Entry/Object ID

2015.004.2

Description

Shows how central themes in the American experience shape the preservation of heritage--themes of race and diversity, progress and tradition, love of place, and lust for property. Ranges from the 18th century roots of preservation practice through today. Contents: How place, race, and story are changing preservation today -- Needs and opportunities -- placing preservation -- Protecting storyscape -- Eliminating the diversity deficit -- Visiting, collecting, and preserving architecture -- History, design, and the rise of the architectural traveler -- Collecting architecture, from Napoleon through Ford -- "Cultural landmarks" and the challenges of place, race, and story in New York City -- A plan to save New York's places of history and tradition -- Heritage and the cultural politics of preservation: the African burial ground and the Audubon Ballroom -- Historical memory, social equity, and the disappearance of New York's working-class neighborhoods -- Yesterday's and tomorrow's futures -- Sustaining the living heritage of places: some suggestions for using and owning land -- Sugar songs: a modest proposal delivered to the Earl of Harewood -- Moving forward: futures for a preservation movement. xi, 421 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.004

Source or Donor

New Library Books Purchased (2015)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Historic preservation--United States, Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--United States, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--United States

Book Details

Author

Kaufman, Ned

Publisher

Routledge

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

2009

Call No.

E159 .K38 2009

ISBN

9780415965408

LCCN

2008053043

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Ned Kaufman. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 16, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023