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Record Nr.

UNISA996248003303316

Titolo

Preserving cultural landscapes in America [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Arnold R. Alanen and Robert Z. Melnick ; foreword by Dolores Hayden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 250 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Collana

Center books on contemporary landscape design

Altri autori (Persone)

AlanenArnold R (Arnold Robert)

MelnickRobert <1948->

Disciplina

333.7/2

Soggetti

Historic preservation - United States

Landscape protection - United States

Cultural property - Protection - United States

Historic sites - Conservation and restoration - United States

Ethnic neighborhoods - Conservation and restoration - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword : In search of the American cultural landscape / Dolores Hayden -- Considering nature and culture in historic landscape preservation / Robert Z. Melnick -- Selling heritage landscapes / Richard Francaviglia -- The history and preservation of urban parks and cemeteries / David Schuyler and Patricia M. O'Donnell -- Appropriating place in Puerto Rican barrios : preserving contemporary urban landscapes / Luis Aponte-Parés -- Considering the ordinary : vernacular landscapes in small towns and rural areas / Arnold R. Alanen -- Asian American imprints on the Western landscape / Gail Lee Dubrow -- Ethnographic landscapes : transforming nature into culture / Donald L. Hardesty -- Integrity as a value in cultural landscape preservation / Catherine Howett.