Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being
Title:
Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being
Author:
Mayes, Thompson M., author.
ISBN:
9781538117682
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Physical Description:
xxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series:
American Association for State and Local History book series
American Association for State and Local History book series.
General Note:
"National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC."
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.
Abstract:
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.
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