Heritage Conservation in the United States begins to trace the
growth of the American historic preservation movement over the last
50 years, viewed from the context of the civil rights and
environmental movements. The first generation of the New
Preservation (1966-1991) was characterized by the establishment of
the bureaucratic structures that continue to shape the practice of
heritage conservation in the United States. The National Register
of Historic Places began with less than a thousand historic
properties and grew to over 50,000 listings. Official recognition
programs expanded, causing sites that would never have been
considered as either significant or physically representative in
1966 now being regularly considered as part of a historic
preservation planning process. The book uses the story of how sites
associated with African American history came to be officially
recognized and valued, and how that process challenged the
conventions and criteria that governed American preservation
practice. This book is designed for the historic preservation
community and students engaged in the study of historic
preservation.
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