Bending the Future

Fifty Ideas for the Next Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in the United States

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2016
University of Massachusetts Press (Verlag)
978-1-62534-215-7 (ISBN)

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2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, the cornerstone of historic preservation policy and practice in the United States. This book marks this anniversary by collecting fifty new and provocative essays that chart the future of preservation. The essays offer a distinct vision for the future and address related questions.

The year 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, the cornerstone of historic preservation policy and practice in the United States. The act established the National Register of Historic Places, a national system of state preservation offices and local commissions, set up federal partnerships between states and tribes, and led to the formation of the standards for preservation and rehabilitation of historic structures. This book marks its fiftieth anniversary by collecting fifty new and provocative essays that chart the future of preservation.

The commentators include leading preservation professionals, historians, writers, activists, journalists, architects, and urbanists. The essays offer a distinct vision for the future and address related questions, including, Who is a preservationist? What should be preserved? Why? How? What stories do we tell in preservation? How does preservation contribute to the financial, environmental, social, and cultural well-being of communities? And if the “arc of the moral universe . . . bends towards justice,” how can preservation be a tool for achieving a more just society and world?

Max Page is professor of architecture and history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Marla R. Miller is professor of history and director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is editor of the series Public History in Historical Perspective.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2016
Zusatzinfo	10 illustrations
Verlagsort	Massachusetts
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	450 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
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	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-62534-215-2 / 1625342152
ISBN-13	978-1-62534-215-7 / 9781625342157
Zustand	Neuware