Title & Author:

Preserving the past : the rise of heritage in modern Britain / edited by Michael Hunter.

Publication:

Stroud, Gloucestershire : Alan Sutton, 1996.

Description:

218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Bibliographical essay": pages 177-190.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-212) and index.
Introduction: the fitful rise of British preservation / Michael Hunter -- The first conversation militants: William Morris and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings / Chris Miele -- Protecting the monuments: archaeological legislation from the 1882 Act to PPG 16 / Timothy Champion -- London government: a record of custodianship / John Earl -- The art of keeping one jump ahead: conservation societies in the twentieth century / Gavin Stamp -- Nationalising the country house / Peter Mandler -- How listing happened / Andrew Saint -- From comprehensive development to conservation areas / Sophie Andreae -- Open-air and industrial museums: windows on to a lost world or graveyards for unloved buildings? / Michael Stratton.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The national heritage and its conservation raise topical and frequently controversial issues. Yet proper understanding of these has often been inhibited the lack of a readable historical account of the way in which current policy and practice have developed. This authoritative book fills this gap in the lecture by providing an accessible and well-illustrated account of the history of the protection and appreciation of buildings, archaeological sites and other relics of the man-made past in Britain." "The book brings together a team of experts who examine each of the key themes and episodes in the development of historical preservation. The role of pressure groups since the Victorian period is described, as are the origins of the listing of historic buildings, the scheduling of ancient monuments and the declaration of Conservation Areas. Other chapters deal with changing attitudes to country houses and their growing popularity as tourist attractions, and with the rise of purpose-built heritage centres which cater for nostalgia about the rural and industrial past. The book also includes an invaluable bibliographical essay which surveys existing literature on the subject." "Preserving the Past offers a thorough and long overdue description of the birth and growth of the preservation movement. The book should become essential readings and reference for professionals, academics and students concerned with the conservation of landscapes, buildings and archaeological sites. It should also find an audience among planners, architects and archaeologists who need a broad understanding of the background to historic preservation in order to confront the challenges and dilemmas that face everyone working in the field today."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

075090951X
9780750909518

Subject:

Historic buildings Conservation and restoration Great Britain.
Architecture Conservation and restoration Great Britain.
Cultural property Protection Great Britain.
Cultural property, Protection of Great Britain.
Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Conservation et restauration Grande-Bretagne.
Antiquities Collection and preservation.
Architecture Conservation and restoration.
Cultural property Protection.
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration.
Denkmalpflege
Denkmalschutz
Kulturgüterschutz
Monumentenzorg.
Cultuurgoed.
Architecture Great Britain Conservation and restoration
Historic buildings Great Britain Conservation and restoration.
Great Britain Antiquities Collection and preservation.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Hunter, Michael, 1949-
Hunter, Michael Cyril William

Holdings:

Location: Library main 113056
Call No.: ID DA655.P75; ID:96-B2284
Status: Available