The Olmsted National Historic Site And The Growth Of Historic Landscape Preservation

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A contextual history of Massachusetts' Olmsted National Historic Site

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Genre : Architecture
Author : David Grayson Allen
Publisher : UPNE
Release : 2007-11-30
File : 340 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1555536794


Cultural Landscape Report For Weir Farm National Historic Site Site History And Existing Conditions

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Genre : Ridgefield (Conn. : Town)
Author : Cynthia Zaitzevsky
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Release : 1996
File : 338 Pages
ISBN-13 : PURD:32754067947790


Managing Cultural Landscapes

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One of our deepest needs is for a sense of identity and belonging. A common feature in this is human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a remarkable flowering of interest in, and understanding of, cultural landscapes. With these came a challenge to the 1960s and 1970s concept of heritage concentrating on great monuments and archaeological locations, famous architectural ensembles, or historic sites with connections to the rich and famous. Managing Cultural Landscapes explores the latest thought in landscape and place by: airing critical discussion of key issues in cultural landscapes through accessible accounts of how the concept of cultural landscape applies in diverse contexts across the globe and is inextricably tied to notions of living history where landscape itself is a rich social history record widening the notion that landscape only involves rural settings to embrace historic urban landscapes/townscapes examining critical issues of identity, maintenance of traditional skills and knowledge bases in the face of globalization, and new technologies fostering international debate with interdisciplinary appeal to provide a critical text for academics, students, practitioners, and informed community organizations discussing how the cultural landscape concept can be a useful management tool relative to current issues and challenges. With contributions from an international group of authors, Managing Cultural Landscapes provides an examination of the management of heritage values of cultural landscapes from Australia, Japan, China, USA, Canada, Thailand, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, India and the Philippines; it reviews critically the factors behind the removal of Dresden and its cultural landscape from World Heritage listing and gives an overview of Historic Urban Landscape thinking.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Ken Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2012-02-13
File : 434 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136467332


Crm

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Genre : Cultural property
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Release : 2008
File : 620 Pages
ISBN-13 : IND:30000144566258


Routledge Handbook Of Cultural Landscape Practice

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Cultural landscapes, which in the field of heritage studies and practice relates to caring for and safeguarding heritage landscapes, is a concept embedded in contemporary conservation. Heritage conservation has shifted from an historical focus on buildings, city centres, and archaeological sites to encompass progressively more diverse forms of heritage and increasingly larger geographic areas, embracing both rural and urban landscapes. While the origin of the idea of cultural landscapes can be traced to the late-19th century Euro-American scholarship, it came to global attention after 1992 following its adoption as a category of ‘site’ by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Today, cultural landscape practice has become increasingly complex given the expansion of the values and meanings of heritage, the influence of environmental challenges such as human induced climate change, technological advancements, and the need to better understand and interpret human connections to place and landscapes. The aim of this handbook is to strike a balance between theory and practice, which we see as inseparable, while also seeking to achieve a geographical spread, disciplinary diversity and perspectives, and a mix of authors from academic, practitioner, management, and community backgrounds.

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Genre : Architecture
Author : Steve Brown
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2023-02-14
File : 646 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351787062


Practical Heritage Management

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Scott Anfinson’s Practical Heritage Management provides a comprehensive overview of American cultural resource management (CRM) and historic preservation. It is a textbook designed for all levels of students in archaeology, history, and architecture departments. The format follows the logical progression of a semester course, with each of the 14 chapters designed as the primary reading for each week in a semester. The book provides a detailed overview of the structure, historic background, important laws, and important governmental and professional players in the various American heritage management systems (federal, state, local, private). Features include: • End-of-chapter review questions and suggested readings • Glossary • List of acronyms • A comprehensive chronology of American heritage management

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Scott F. Anfinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release : 2018-09-13
File : 541 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780759118003


Fairsted Site History

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Genre : Brookline (Mass.)
Author : Cynthia Zaitzevsky
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Release : 1997
File : 280 Pages
ISBN-13 : PURD:32754068489065


Preserving Historic Landscapes

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Genre : Gardens
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Release : 1990
File : 92 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCR:31210024881060


Preserving Historic Architecture

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The National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, knows preservation. In its hundred-year existence, the service has dealt with just about every problem an old structure can have. Whether it is removing graffiti in Manhattan or rebuilding a barn in Oregon, the National Park Service knows what to do. Here are the official U.S. guidelines, a lively and instructive collection of tried and tested knowledge and reliable techniques, written by the top experts in the field. Over forty fully illustrated chapters addressing topics such as: — cleaning and waterproof coating of historic masonry — roofing for historic buildings — the preservation of historic glazed architectural terra-cotta — exterior paint problems on historic woodwork — the preservation of historic barns — heating, ventilating, and cooling historic buildings — historic signs — applied decoration for historic interiors — using substitute materials on historic building exteriors — understanding old buildings — understanding architectural cast iron Every chapter is written with the utmost detail and clarity so that any reader can perform the safest and most historically accurate repairs. The book also offers invaluable advice on what not to do that can save a homeowner thousands of dollars, hours, and perhaps a priceless piece of architecture. For the hobbyist or the professional restorer, The Preservation of Historic Architecture is the definitive government text on restoring, repairing, and preserving old buildings.

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Genre : Architecture
Author : U.S. Department of the Interior
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release : 2013-02-08
File : 1834 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781510720442


Preservation Briefs

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
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File : 128 Pages
ISBN-13 : 08857016