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1 online resource (202 pages) |
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PREFACE; 1. OUR UNPROTECTED HERITAGE; 2. THE ANALYST AS PROPONENT; 3. REVIEWERS AS ADVOCATES; 4. BEFUDDLE, BEWILDER, BOG DOWN, BOWL OVER; 5. ABSENT OVERSEERS, PETTY DICTATORS; 6. ALL THE LOCKED-OUT PEOPLE; 7. REAL MEN DON'T RECONSIDER; 8. DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT; AFTERWORD: PROPERTY RIGHTS, MONEY, AND INERTIA; APPENDIX: ALL THOSE BLOODY ACRONYMS; ENDNOTES; BOOKS BY TOM KING; SOURCES AND FURTHER READING; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR. |
| Summary |
Most Americans agree that our heritage--both natural and cultural--should be protected. Then why does development run rampant, aided--rather than limited--by government inaction? Tom King has been a participant in and observer of this system for decades, as a government worker, heritage consultant, and advocate for local communities. In this hard-hitting critique of the heritage-industrial complex, King points the finger at watchdogs who instead serve as advocates, unintelligible (often contradictory) regulations, disinterested government employees and power-seeking agencies, all of whom conspire. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- Protection -- United States.
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
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United States. |
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Historic preservation -- United States.
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Historic preservation. |
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- United States.
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Environmental protection -- United States.
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Environmental protection. |
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Nature conservation -- United States.
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Nature conservation. |
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Environmental impact analysis -- United States.
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Environmental impact analysis. |
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Public interest -- United States.
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Public interest. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: King, Thomas F. Our Unprotected Heritage : Whitewashing the Destruction of our Cultural and Natural Environment. Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, Inc., ©2009 9781598743807 |
| ISBN |
9781598747317 (electronic book) |
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1598747312 (electronic book) |
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