Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Wiley, 1997
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- Title
- Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America
- Author
- William J. Murtagh
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0471182400
- ISBN 13
- 9780471182405
- Item weight
- 1.15 pounds
A thorough yet succinct look at American community preservation its history, practice and legal framework. This book discusses the roles of the private citizen and government, as well as the practice of house museums, historic districts, building rehabilitation, landscape preservation, rural preservation and archaeology.
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About the Author
WILLIAM J. MURTAGH has held pivotal positions in the field of historic preservation for more than 30 years. He has served as first Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places, Department of the Interior, and has been Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and President of the Victorian Society in America. He directed the Preservation Program at Columbia University, and initiated Preservation programs at the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaii.
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