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

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781538117682 (cloth)
ISBN	9781538117699 (electronic)
Author	Mayes, Thompson M. (author)
Title	Why old places matter : how historic places affect our identity and our well-being / Thompson M. Mayes.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & littlefield, 2018.
Description	xxvii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Contents	1.Continuity -- 2.Memory -- 3.Individual Identity -- 4.Civic, State, National, and Universal Identity -- 5.Beauty -- 6.History -- 7.Architecture -- 8.Sacred -- 9.Creativity -- 10.Learning -- 11.Sustainability -- 12.Ancestors -- 13.Community -- 14.Economics.
Summary	This book explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as the more traditional reasons, such as history, national identity, and architecture. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative images.
Subjects	Historic buildings -- Social aspects
Call number	2018.476

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00888192	2018.476	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .