Preserving historic New England : preservation, progressivism, and the remaking of memory / James M. Lindgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindgren, James Michael, 1950- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities--History.

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Historic preservation--New England--History.

Historic preservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By the first years of the twentieth century the memory of old-time New England was in danger. What had once been a land of small towns populated by tradition-minded Yankees was now becoming almost unrecognizable with a floodtide of immigrants and the constant change of a modernizing society. At the same time, cities such as Boston, Portsmouth, and Salem were bursting at the seams with factories, high-rises, and uncontrollable growth. During a period when the Colonial Revival and progressive movements held sway, Yankees asserted their influence through campaigns to redefine the meaning of their

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PROLOGUE; 1 ""It Belongs to Men Like You"": William Sumner Appleton and the Makings of a Preservationist; 2 ""A Constant Incentive to Patriotic Citizenship"": Progressivism and the Remaking of Memory; 3 ""Preservation Must Depend on Private Initiative"": The Founding of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; 4 ""A Mecca for Tourists and a Joy to All"": Preserving Antiquities as Symbols and Documents; 5 ""A Gospel of Further Acquisitions"": Defining a Preservation Movement

6 ""To Transform Dead Property into a Valuable Asset"": Destruction, Development, and SPNEA's Paradox7 ""DO NOT TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN!!"": Establishing a Scientific Method in Preservation; 8 ""Reminders of the Dignified Life of Our Forefathers"": Presenting History Through Material Culture; EPILOGUE; APPENDIXES; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771551-6

1-280-44200-X

1-4237-4061-0

0-19-535757-4

1-60256-020-X

OCLC:

475956988