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Keeping time: the history and theory of preservation in America / William J. Murtagh

By: Murtagh, William J.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xix, 249 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0471473774 (pbk.).Subject(s): Historic preservation -- United States | Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- United States | Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- United States | Historic preservation -- United States -- History | Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- History | Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 363.6990973
Contents:
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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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?