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Author:
Mayes, Thompson M., author.
Title:
Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being / Thompson M. Mayes.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Historic buildings--Social aspects.
Historic preservation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Historic preservation.
Other Authors:
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
Notes:
"National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC." Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-129) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Stephanie K. Meeks -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Continuity -- Memory -- Individual Identity -- Civic, state, national, and universal identity -- Beauty -- History -- Architecture -- Sacred -- Creativity -- Learning -- Sustainability -- Ancestors -- Community -- Economics -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as more traditional reasons such as history, national identity, and architecture.
Series:
American Association for State and Local History book series
ISBN:
1538117681
9781538117682
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1050366395
LCCN:
2018949402
Locations:
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)
SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

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