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Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being / Tom Mayes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayes, Thompson M., author.
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History.
- American Association for State and Local History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Psychological aspects.
- Architecture.
- Historic sites.
- Place attachment.
- Sacred space.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- This book explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as the more traditional reasons, such as history, national identity, and architecture. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative images.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1. Continuity
- 2. Memory
- 3. Individual Identity
- 4. Civic, State, National, and Universal Identity
- 5. Beauty
- 6. History
- 7. Architecture
- 8. Sacred
- 9. Creativity
- 10. Learning
- 11. Sustainability
- 12. Ancestors
- 13. Community
- 14. Economics
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8182-933-9
- 1-5381-1769-X
- OCLC:
- 1042158928
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