Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and well-being / Thompson M. Mayes.

Author: Mayes, Thompson M. author.

ImprintLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Descriptionxxvii, 139 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Note:"National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC."

Note:Foreword / by Stephanie K. Meeks -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Continuity -- Memory -- Individual Identity -- Civic, State, National, and Universal Identity -- Beauty -- History -- Architecture -- Sacred -- Creativity -- Learning -- Sustainability -- Ancestors -- Community -- Economics -- Epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-129) and index.

Note:Explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as more traditional reasons such as history, national identity, and architecture.

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