Murtagh, William J.

Keeping time: the history and theory of preservation in America / William J. Murtagh - 3rd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006. - xix, 249 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index

The language of preservation - The preservation movement and the private citizen before World War II - The preservation movement and the National Trust for Historic Preservation - Government and the preservation movement - Government and preservation since World War II - The historic room and house museum - Outdoor museums - Historic districts - Rehabilitation and adaptive use - Landscape preservation - Rural and small-town preservation - Archaeology - Preservation values in oral-based cultures - International preservation - Preservation in practice - Epilogue : And what of the future?

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Historic preservation--United States
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--United States
Architecture--Conservation and restoration--United States
Historic preservation--History--United States
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--History--United States
Architecture--Conservation and restoration--History--United States

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