Author: Ward Bucher
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: preservation, press, building, dictionary
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1996-09-21
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0471144134
ISBN-13: 9780471144137

A practical reference of architectural terms for anyone involved in building renovation or community preservation This easy-to-use sourcebook defines more than 10,000 terms commonly used in renovation, historic architecture, engineering, building technology, and preservation. It offers both novices and professionals clear, straightforward definitions, richly detailed illustrations, and comprehensive cross-references, all of which amplify each term’s preservation context, origin, and national and regional vernaculars. Comprehensive coverage of building parts and materials, c

Authors:Max Page, Randall Mason,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: preservation, united, states, historic, histories, history, giving
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-12-05
List price: $48.95
ISBN-10: 0415934435
ISBN-13: 9780415934435

Throughout the country, historic preservation has become a veritable industry. In New York City alone, the preservation movement has acquired a great deal of power, saving numerous edifices from the wrecking ball. New York is not alone, across the country, grassroots movements to preserve various aspects of the nation’s past-Indian burial grounds, slave quarters and deco buildings. In this volume, some of the best figures in the field have come together to write on preservation movements Giving Preservation a History also touches on the European roots of the historic preservation moveme

Author: National Trust for Historic PreservationJulie Zag
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: homeowners, communities, professionals, source, information, yellow, pages, complete, preservation
Number of Pages: 289
Published: 1997-07-08
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0471191833
ISBN-13: 9780471191834

Expanded state-by-state listings and reformatted for even easier use, here is the only national directory of organizations and professionals in the preservation field. Listings cover national, state, city and town sources, plus private national organizations, National Trust programs and Federal offices. Special finder’s aids for information on rural preservation, low-income housing, legal and financial services, Federal Rehabilitation Standards, plus a directory of Web sites. Updated contact sources for state offices, historical societies, professional specialists and more.

Author: B A Richardso
Publisher: Taylor & Franci
Keywords: preservation, wood
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1993-09-09
List price: $350.00
ISBN-10: 0419174907
ISBN-13: 9780419174905

This edition of this comprehensive study of national and international research and application into wood preservation is both well detailed and broad in coverage. The text covers the history of preservation: the anatomy of timbers and their breakdown, preservation principles, materials and methods.

Author: M. Mathlouthi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: preservation, packaging, food
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1994-04-30
List price: $245.00
ISBN-10: 0834213494
ISBN-13: 9780834213494

Author: A. Lucas
Publisher: Lucas Press
Keywords: preservation, restoration, antiques
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $38.45
ISBN-10: 1443727806
ISBN-13: 9781443727808

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Donald Kaga
Publisher: Anchor
Keywords: peace, preservation, war, origins
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0385423756
ISBN-13: 9780385423755

By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous world wars of the 20th century and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kagan reveals new insights into the nature of war--and peace--that are vitally important and often surprising.