Reviews
"James Lindgren has written an important work on theearly-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historicpreservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed theconflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy ofhistoric preservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."--TheNew England Quarterly, "Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understand better that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collective impact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The Public Historian "there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have made the same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated the basis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren has done."--The Journal of American History "James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccable detail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highly recommended."--International Journal of Heritage Studies "James Lindgren has written an important work on the early-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historic preservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed the conflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy of historic preservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."--The New England Quarterly, "James Lindgren has written an important work on the early-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historic preservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed the conflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy of historicpreservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."--The New England Quarterly, "there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have madethe same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated thebasis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren hasdone."--The Journal of American History, "Preservationists wil profit from this book because they will understandbetter that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collectiveimpact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The PublicHistorian, "Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understandbetter that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collectiveimpact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The PublicHistorian, "Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understand better that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collective impact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The Public Historian"there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have made the same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated the basis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren has done."--The Journal of American History"James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccable detail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highly recommended."--International Journal of Heritage Studies"James Lindgren has written an important work on the early-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historic preservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed the conflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy of historic preservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."--The New England Quarterly, "Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understand better that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collective impact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The Public Historian, "James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccabledetail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highlyrecommended."--International Journal of Heritage Studies, "James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccable detail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highly recommended."--International Journal of Heritage Studies, "Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understand better that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collective impact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The Public Historian"there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have made the same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated the basis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren has done."--The Journal of American History"James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccable detail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highly recommended."--International Journal of Heritage Studies"James Lindgren has written an important work on the early-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historic preservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed the conflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy of historic preservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."--The New England Quarterly"Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understand better that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collective impact on the communities and the society that they serve."--The Public Historian"there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have made the same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated the basis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren has done."--The Journal of American History"James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccable detail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highly recommended."--International Journal of Heritage Studies"James Lindgren has written an important work on the early-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historic preservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed the conflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy of historic preservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."--The New England Quarterly, "there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have made the same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated the basis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren has done."--The Journal of American History, "Preservationists will profit from this book because they will understand better that their pragmatic, day-to-day activities have a profound collective impact on the communities and the society that they serve."-- The Public Historian "there is much to admire in this book. Many public historians have made the same theoretical claims that Lindgren does, but few have demonstrated the basis for that theoretical position nearly as comprehensivley as Lingren has done."-- The Journal of American History "James Lindgren tells this fascinating story well and in impeccable detail...As a model for emulation it cannot be too highly recommended."-- International Journal of Heritage Studies "James Lindgren has written an important work on the early-twentieth-century New England origins of the modern American historic preservation movement....[he] has skillfully and meticulously portrayed the conflicts, debates, and intentions that shaped an emergent philosophy of historic preservaton and reshaped New England's historical landscape..."-- The New England Quarterly
