Concept information
Preferred term
historic preservation
Definition
- Historic preservation is historical method and includes conserving, rehabilitating, restoring, and reconstructing the built environment as a useful primary source for the study and interpretation of history. Historians have not always recognized its value, and the historic preservation movement developed to some degree without their participation. [Source: Encyclopedia of American Urban History; Historic Preservation]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/historic_preservation
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}