Preservation Politics: Keeping Historic Districts Vital (American Association for State and Local History)
Book Details
Author(s)Bill Schmickle
PublisherAltaMira Press
ISBN / ASIN0759120528
ISBN-139780759120525
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,403,235
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
You’ve established a historic district in your town! Now what? Preservation Politics picks up where The Politics of Historic Districtsleaves off, advising the established HPC on how to maintain momentum in their communities once the initial political campaign to win historic preservation designation has faded and the real work of enforcement begins.
Schmickle goes beyond “best practices†to get to the political root of our district problems: a collective preference for putting preservation interests ahead of citizens and the larger public good. He argues that public service is the key to the long-term vitality of historic districts. Along the way, he takes on everyone who threatens district operations, from those who shirk responsibility and shred historic resources to those preservationists whose radicalism undermines public support. With wit and wisdom, this book shows that there may be no such thing as happily ever after, but historic preservation is worth the fight!
Schmickle goes beyond “best practices†to get to the political root of our district problems: a collective preference for putting preservation interests ahead of citizens and the larger public good. He argues that public service is the key to the long-term vitality of historic districts. Along the way, he takes on everyone who threatens district operations, from those who shirk responsibility and shred historic resources to those preservationists whose radicalism undermines public support. With wit and wisdom, this book shows that there may be no such thing as happily ever after, but historic preservation is worth the fight!
