Preservation Politics
Bill Schmickle
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Description for Preservation Politics
Preservation Politics is a provocative look at the changing prospects for historic districts, and how local preservation commissions, volunteers, and staff can prevent and reverse decline by thinking and acting politically on behalf of the communities they serve. Series: American Association for State & Local History. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
You’ve established a historic district in your town! Now what? Preservation Politics picks up where The Politics of Historic Districts leaves 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. Bill 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. ... Read more
You’ve established a historic district in your town! Now what? Preservation Politics picks up where The Politics of Historic Districts leaves 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. Bill 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
American Association for State & Local History
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780759120518
SKU
V9780759120518
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99-15
About Bill Schmickle
Bill Schmickle is a past chair of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission and was a cofounder of the Oak Ridge Historic District (North Carolina). He is author of The Politics of Historic Districts (AltaMira 2006).
Reviews for Preservation Politics
For years, Bill Schmickle has forced us to take a hard look at how historic preservation works in the real world, and he’s at it again. There are signs that the way preservationists have always done business may put us out of business. The world is changing, and Bill is our Paul Revere.
Myrick Howard, president of Preservation North ... Read more
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