Keeping Time 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

Contents

1. The Language of Preservation
2. The Preservation Movement and the Private Citizen Before World War II
3. The Preservation Movement and the National Trust for Historic Preservation
4. Government and the Preservation Movement
5. Government and Preservation Since World War II
6. The Historic Room and House Museum
7. Outdoor Museums
8. Historic Districts
9. Rehabilitation and Adaptive Use
10. Landscape Preservation
11. Rural and Small Town Preservation
12. Archaeology
13. Preservation Values in Oral-Based Cultures
14. International Preservation
15. Preservation in Practice

Epilogue: And What of the Future?

Appendices

• Selected Federal Legislation
• The National Register's Criteria for Evaluation
• The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
• Preservation Resources

Glossary
Index

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