Preserving History
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Historic Preservation
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Author : Diane L. Barthel
language : en
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1996
Historic Preservation written by Diane L. Barthel and has been published by New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Social Science categories.
Historic preservation is a cultural movement gaining momentum and adherents throughout Europe and the United States. How do we decide what to preserve and how to preserve? Who benefits from the efforts of preservationists, curators, developers, and other "symbolic bankers" to safeguard an increasing variety of structures for future generations? Diane Barthel raises these and other questions in this important new book. Taking a comparative approach, Barthel finds that preservation in Britain has largely been an elite enterprise aimed at preserving traditional values. In the United States, by contrast, the pattern is much more dynamic and democratic, though also more permeated by commercialism. Is preservation becoming another means of consuming history, like media representations or "historic" shopping outlets? Or does it have a special significance as a very tangible means of getting in touch with our collective and individual pasts? These and other issues--including war and remembrance, agrarian and industrial preservation, and religious preservation in a secular society--demonstrate the significance of what Barthel calls "the Preservation Project" and why we all have a stake in how our history is reconstructed and interpreted.
Towards World Heritage
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Author : Professor Melanie Hall
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2012-11-28
Towards World Heritage written by Professor Melanie Hall and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-28 with Nature categories.
Historic preservation, whether of landscapes or buildings, was an important development of the nineteenth century in many countries. There is however surprisingly little understanding about how it took place, and research into it is narrowly focused. For example, generally landscape preservation from this time is examined separately from buildings; preservation is seen in terms of national narratives, or considered within the contexts of area studies, and it is usually seen from a specific disciplinary perspective. All of these later categorizations did not apply at the time and consequently, a very partial view is achieved. In order to begin unlocking a very complex phenomenon that has helped to define our own age, this dynamic collection of essays brings together an international and transdisciplinary line-up of academics and practitioners to reconsider preservation's origins in the second half of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth century. With a focus on Britain and the British Empire, and including case studies from the United States, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, Sri Lanka, 'The Holy Land', and Turkey, this book places preservation in imperial, international, and national contexts, demonstrating that there was far more interaction between different countries in this arena than may be supposed and revealing remarkable but hitherto hidden overlaps and intersections. It examines three main themes: the influence of religion; the political and sub-diplomatic aspects of preservation; and the professionalization of preservation practice. Internationalizing trends already existed through the churches, the universities, and the diplomatic services, as well as familial ties that had an important impact on preservation's epistemic communities and its targets. Other internationalizing factors include an interest in national histories and the histories of architecture and art, particularly when known through illustration; a growing interest in biography especially of 'founding fathers' or famous literary figures; and tourism. Although the focus is on architectural preservation, this book demonstrates that, in this formative period, the preservation of buildings and landscapes needs to be considered together - as it often was at the time - and in context. The conclusion reached is that the preservation movement has to be understood in imperial and international contexts, rather than in simply national or regional ones.
Preserving History
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Author : Scott Monroe Waring
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Preserving History written by Scott Monroe Waring and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with History categories.
What and how to teach in the K-16 classroom history has been a perennial and, at times, heated debate. Beginning as early as 1892, the question of what knowledge is of the most worth and what should be the central function of the history curriculum became a focus of many interested in education. It was felt that the teachers needed to move away from “traditional” methods of teaching history, such as rote memorization and the “dry and lifeless system of instruction by textbook,” and find new and engaging ways to “broaden and cultivate the mind.” Unfortunately, these recommendations faced many critics and did not take hold in K-16 classrooms at this time or, frankly, at any point since then. Even though we tend to have a nostalgic memory of earlier time periods and, in turn, the educational capabilities of the children from various times in our nation’s past, the results from multiple studies examining the historical knowledge base of America’s youth has remained fairly discouraging. Much of the lack of knowledge present stems from the manner in which history is traditionally taught. Ineffective instructional methods greatly impact the interest levels, or more frequently the distaste, generated for learning about historical content and, thus, the public’s corresponding perception of the importance of history within K-16 curricula. This book makes an effort at overcoming the persistent boredom and lack of historical knowledge present in our students, by focusing on ways in which history instruction can be improved.
Preserving Western History
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Author : Andrew Gulliford
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2005
Preserving Western History written by Andrew Gulliford and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
The first collection of essays on public history in the American West.
Preservation Of What For Whom
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Author : Michael A. Tomlan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Preservation Of What For Whom written by Michael A. Tomlan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architecture categories.
Preserving Early Texas History
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Author : José Antonio López
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-03-05
Preserving Early Texas History written by José Antonio López and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-05 with History categories.
At a time in our history where the Spanish Mexican roots of this great place we call Texas are being questioned, this third volume of selected essays is most timely. For example, if Texas history begins in 1836 as implied in mainstream Texas history, why then is everything historically old (towns, roads, rivers, mountain ranges, regions, etc.) named in Spanish? Our ancestors’ legacy is why we have a right to practice our heritage year-round; not just during Hispanic History Month. Importantly, the network of vibrant communities in New Spain connected by the Camino Real are indeed what first attracted U.S. Anglo Saxon and Northern European immigrants to Texas and the west. In remembering our ancestors, “Aquí todavía estamos, y no nos vamos”. (Here we still are and we’re not leaving.)
Restoring Women S History Through Historic Preservation
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Author : Gail Lee Dubrow
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2003-01-28
Restoring Women S History Through Historic Preservation written by Gail Lee Dubrow and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-28 with Architecture categories.
This essay collection draws upon work presented at three national conferences on women and historic preservation held at Bryn Mawr College in 1994, Arizona State University in 1997, and at Mount Vernon College in 2000.
Historic Preservation
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Author : Arnold L. Markowitz
language : en
Publisher: Detroit : Gale Research Company
Release Date : 1980
Historic Preservation written by Arnold L. Markowitz and has been published by Detroit : Gale Research Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Architecture categories.
Saving San Antonio
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Author : Lewis F. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Release Date : 1996
Saving San Antonio written by Lewis F. Fisher and has been published by Texas Tech University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.
The San Antonio Conservation Society has spearheaded the preservation movement by providing both a fascinating history and a model for other preservation efforts.
Stories In Stone Memorialization The Creation Of History And The Role Of Preservation
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Author : Emily Williams
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2020-10-06
Stories In Stone Memorialization The Creation Of History And The Role Of Preservation written by Emily Williams and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Social Science categories.
In 1866, Alexander Dunlop, a free black living in Williamsburg Virginia, did three unusual things. He had an audience with the President of the United States, testified in front of the Joint Congressional Committee on Reconstruction, and he purchased a tombstone for his wife, Lucy Ann Dunlop. Purchases of this sort were rarities among Virginia’s free black community—and this particular gravestone is made more significant by Dunlop’s choice of words, his political advocacy, and the racialized rhetoric of the period. Carved by a pair of Richmond-based carvers, who like many other Southern monument makers, contributed to celebrating and mythologizing the “Lost Cause” in the wake of the Civil War, Lucy Ann’s tombstone is a powerful statement of Dunlop’s belief in the worth of all men and his hopes for the future. Buried in 1925 by the white members of a church congregation, and again in the 1960s by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the tombstone was excavated in 2003. Analysis, conservation, and long-term interpretation were undertaken by the Foundation in partnership with the community of the First Baptist Church, a historically black church within which Alexander Dunlop was a leader. “Stories in Stone: Memorialization, the Creation of History and the Role of Preservation” examines the story of the tombstone through a blend of object biography and micro-historical approaches and contrasts it with other memory projects, like the remembrance of the Civil War dead. Data from a regional survey of nineteenth-century cemeteries, historical accounts, literary sources, and the visual arts are woven together to explore the agentive relationships between monuments, their commissioners, their creators and their viewers and the ways in which memory is created and contested and how this impacts the history we learn and preserve.