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Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being / Thompson M. Mayes.

Author/creator Mayes, Thompson M. author.
Other author/creatorNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Descriptionxxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Subject(s)
Series American Association for State and Local History book series
American Association for State and Local History book series. ^A379042
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.
General note"National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 121-129) and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9781538117699
ISBN9781538117682 hardcover
ISBN1538117681 hardcover
ISBNebook

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