Preserving cultural landscapes in America /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Description:	xii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Center books on contemporary landscape design
Subject:	Historic preservation -- United States. Landscape protection -- United States. Cultural property -- Protection -- United States. Historic sites -- United States -- Conservation and restoration. Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States -- Conservation and restoration. Cultural property -- Protection. Historic preservation. Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration. Landscape protection. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4241446

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Other authors / contributors:	Alanen, Arnold R. (Arnold Robert) Melnick, Robert, 1948-
ISBN:	0801862639 (alk. paper) 0801862647 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: In Search of the American Cultural Landscape
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Cultural Landscape Preservation?
1. Considering Nature and Culture in Historic Landscape Preservation
2. Selling Heritage Landscapes
3. The History and Preservation of Urban Parks and Cemeteries
4. Appropriating Place in Puerto Rican Barrios Preserving Contemporary Urban Landscapes
5. Considering the Ordinary Vernacular Landscapes in Small Towns and Rural Areas
6. Asian American Imprints on the Western Landscape
7. Ethnographic Landscapes Transforming Nature into Culture
8. Integrity as a Value in Cultural Landscape Preservation
Notes
References
Contributors
Index

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