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Cultural Landscapes : Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice.
Title:
Cultural Landscapes : Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice.
Author:
Longstreth, Richard.
ISBN:
9780816656486
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Challenges of Cultural Landscape for Preservation -- Part I. Interpreting Landscape -- 1 Landscape Preservation and Cultural Geography -- 2 The Politics of Preservation: Power, Memory, and Identity in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo -- 3 Cross-Bronx: The Urban Expressway as Cultural Landscape -- 4 The American Summer Youth Camp as a Cultural Landscape -- 5 Wild Lands and Wonders: Preserving Nature and Culture in National Parks -- Part II. Balancing Change and Continuity -- 6 Mediating Ecology and History: Rehabilitation of Vegetation in Oklahoma's Platt Historic District -- 7 A Continuum and Process Framework for Rural Historic Landscape Preservation: Revisiting Ebey's Landing on Whidby Island, Washington -- 8 Natural and Cultural Resources: The Protection of Vernacular Landscapes -- 9 Cultural Landscapes: Venues for Community-based Conservation -- 10 Management for Cultural Landscape Preservation: Insights from Australia -- 11 Are We There Yet?: Travels and Tribulations in the Cultural Landscape -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Preservation has traditionally focused on saving prominent buildings of historical or architectural significance. Preserving cultural landscapes-the combined fabric of the natural and man-made environments-is a relatively new and often misunderstood idea among preservationists, but it is of increasing importance. The essays collected in this volume-case studies that include the Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles, the Cross Bronx Expressway, and a rural island in Puget Sound-underscore how this approach can be fruitfully applied. Together, they make clear that a cultural landscape perspective can be an essential underpinning for all historic preservation projects. Contributors: Susan Calafate Boyle, National Park Service; Susan Buggey, U of Montreal; Michael Caratzas, Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYC); Courtney P. Fint, West Virginia Historic Preservation Office; Heidi Hohmann, Iowa State U; Hillary Jenks, USC; Randall Mason, U Penn; Robert Z. Melnick, U of Oregon; Nora Mitchell, National Park Service; Julie Riesenweber, U of Kentucky; Nancy Rottle, U of Washington; Bonnie Stepenoff, Southeast Missouri State U.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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