Great Lecture: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States
Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHistoric preservation has rarely been a subject taken up by historians. In an effort to address this ironic situation, this talk recounts some of the main themes and critiques shaping the development of built heritage and its preservation in the U.S.—and how this process was itself shaped by periodic reimagining of the American past, as […]