Buildings, landscapes, and memory : case studies in historic preservation / Daniel Bluestone.

Author/creator Bluestone, Daniel M.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2011.
Description302 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Case studies in historic preservation
Contents Introduction. Buildings, landscapes, and memory -- Patriotism in place : Lafayette's triumphal tour of the United States, 1824-1825 -- Captured by context : architectural innovation and banality at Thomas Jefferson's university -- Dutch homesteads in modern Brooklyn : the unused past -- Conservation on the Hudson : saving the Palisades -- The Arch and the neighborhood : marking westward expansion in St. Louis -- Preservation and destruction in Chicago : narrating history while building a city -- Chicago's Mecca flat blues : architecture, music, and race in the politics of place -- A Virginia courthouse square : reviving the colonial -- Drive-by history : Virginia's historic highway marker program -- Toxic history : preservation on EPA Superfund sites.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010019094
ISBN9780393733181 (hardcover)
ISBN0393733181 (hardcover)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks NA106 .B59 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold