Preserving Historic New England: Preservation, Progressivism, and the Remaking of Memory
"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