Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America by Murtagh, William J.

Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780471473770)

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Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America by Murtagh, William J.

Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America

$67.95
Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America by Murtagh, William J.

Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America

$67.95
Format: Paperback
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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: William J. Murtagh
ISBN-10: 0471473774
ISBN-13: 9780471473770
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.88w x 0.59d
By William J. Murtagh
By William J. Murtagh
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WILLIAM J. MURTAGH has held pivotal positions in the field of historic preservation for almost fifty years. He served as the first keeper of the National Register of Historic Places, Department of the Interior; and was 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. He is a founding and active member of the Preservation Roundtable in Washington, D.C.

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