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Discovering, interpreting, and preserving the heritage resources of a community: a case study

Title	Discovering, interpreting, and preserving the heritage resources of a community: a case study
Author	Stewart, Andrea Lindsey
Date	1983
Coverage	20th century
Publisher	Middle Tennessee State University
Place of Publication	Murfreesboro, TN
Description	A history thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts
Abstract	The United States, from its remote rural areas to its large metropolitan areas, is a nation of communities. A study of a community reveals both those characteristics that form the unique identity of a community and those bonds the community shares with other towns, states, and regions that comprise a nation. Because the teaching of local history has been neglected in the classrooms of this nation for most of the twentieth century, many American citizens are ignorant of those heritage and cultural resources that link local history with national history. This study was undertaken and written to inform average citizens about those processes necessary to the discovery, interpretation, and preservation of a community's local heritage resources with the hope that such a study will lead citizens to appreciate the rich heritage resources available at the local level and to understand how a local community contributes to the continuity of life in a nation. The small, southeast Tennessee town of Winchester, a town of no known importance to most people was the model community for this study...
Physical Description	ix, 189 leaves : typed, ill. ; 28 cm
Series	History Department, M.T.S.U.
Subject-LCSH	Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration Public history
Keyword	Historic preservation
Community Name	United States -- Tennessee -- Winchester
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Genre	Thesis
Medium	Paper
Extent	202 p
Language	eng
Copyright Status	Copyright protected. Reproduced with permission of the author.
Conditions for use	Copyright maintained by author. Academic and personal use only.
Contributing Institution	James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	ht_stewart.pdf

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