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Summary
Summary
The historic preservation movement has had a huge influence on America's built landscape for the past thirty years. Discover the cornerstone primer on the topic -- Keeping Time . This edition features a wealth of new material, including new chapters on preservation values in oral-based cultures, international preservation, and future developments in the field.
In addition, you'll find a clear, concise survey of preservation movement's history, complete with:
Helpful coverage of the theory and practice driving the movement. Expanded material on landscape preservation. New information on scientific conservation, cultural corridors, and historic tourism. Numerous informative photographs illustrating the book's content.Order your copy of this fundamental volume for tomorrow's historic preservationists today.
Author Notes
William John Murtagh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 2, 1923. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture, a master's degree in art history, and a doctorate in architectural history from the University of Pennsylvania. He was the first steward of the National Register of Historic Places. He held that post from 1967 to 1979. He taught and started preservation programs at Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Hawaii. He wrote the discipline's first leading textbook, Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. He was also vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He died from congestive heart failure on October 28, 2018 at the age of 95.
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Reviews 2
Publisher's Weekly Review
Since 1812, when architect Robert Mills drew up plans for rebuilding the steeple of Independence Hall, the impulse to preserve historic American sites and buildings has snowballed. Today tens of thousands of buildings and some 5000 historic districts are recognized by the federally coordinated National Register of Historic Places. In part an illustrated historical survey, in part a handbook for civic activists, this primer by the first Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places traces the shift in the preservation movement from the restoration of isolated landmarks and houses where ``Washington slept,'' to an emphasis on outdoor museums (Old Salem, N.C.; Sturbridge Village, Mass.) and, in recent years, a concern for the neighborhood in which a building stands. Through a case study of the Historic Savannah Foundation, which has saved some 1000 buildings in that city, Murtagh illustrates how the public can treat the built environment as a conservable national resource. (September) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Library Journal Review
This one-volume introduction to the history and philosophy of preservation in America moves from the private sector's early concern for saving patriotic sites to extensive governmental activity and the legal and economic dimensions of a growth industry. Broad-ranging chapters treat terminology, outdoor museums, historic districts, adaptive use, landscape preservation, and case studies for successful programs; appendixes include selections of important federal legislation and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. A recommended short history particularly useful for introductory courses and for laypersons concerned with preservation issues in their communities. Douglas G. Birdsall, North Dakota State Univ. Lib., Fargo (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Excerpts
Excerpts
"The historic preservation movement has had a huge influence on America's built landscape for the past thirty years, and Keeping Time is the cornerstone primer for students of all ages. This Third Edition features a wealth of new material, including new chapters on preservation values in oral-based cultures, international preservation, and future developments in the field." "Keeping Time, Third Edition continues its long tradition of providing a concise, clear survey of the history of the preservation movement, complete with helpful coverage of the theory and practice driving it. Expanded coverage of landscape preservation as well as new material on scientific conservation, cultural corridors, and historic tourism is supported by dozens of informative photographs, making this a fundamental volume for tomorrow's historic preservationists."--BOOK JACKET.Table of 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 in Practice |
| Epilogue: And What of the Future? |
| Appendices |
| Chronology |
| Glossary |
| Bibliography |
| Illustration Credits |
| Index |
