Main entry:

Hamer, D. A. (David Allan)

Title & Author:

History in urban places : the historic districts of the United States / David Hamer.

Publication:

Columbus [Ohio] : Ohio State University Press, ©1998.

Description:

xiii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Urban life and urban landscape series

Notes:
New Zealand author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index.
Development of the concept of the historic district -- The urban history in historic districts -- Places apart -- The history that is and is not represented in historic districts -- Selecting history -- A new format and strategy for historic preservation -- Thirty years on: do historic districts have a future? -- Appendix: National Register criteria for evaluation.

Summary:

Historic Districts in the United States now number over 8,000; the phenomenon of the Historic District has been of special interest to those concerned with historic preservation and town planning, but there has been no analysis of such districts' significance from a historian's point of view. History in Urban Places explores the connections between American urban history and historic preservation.
Hamer argues that four stages of history are represented by historic districts. The first is the history that the district actually embodies; the second is the story of what happened to the district from the time the historically significant events occurred until the present, when those events are judged to be significant; the third is the process leading to the district's classification as historic; and the fourth is the history of the district once the designation is official.

ISBN:

0814207898 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780814207895 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0814207901 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780814207901 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Historic districts United States.
Cities and towns United States History.
Urbanization United States History.
Historic preservation United States.
Villes États-Unis Histoire.
Urbanisation États-Unis Histoire.
Préservation historique États-Unis.
Cities and towns.
Historic districts.
Historic preservation.
Urbanization.
Altstadt
Denkmalpflege
Historische plaatsen.
Steden.
Monumentenzorg.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Urban life and urban landscape series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201662
Call No.: E159 .H19 1998
Status: Available