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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000033125336
Author : White House Working Group on the Family
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Family policy
ISBN : PURD:32754076773534
Author : White House Working Group on the Family
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Families
ISBN : UCSC:32106008275973
Author : Jill Long Thompson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253050441
"We live in an age that demonstrates the powerful need for ethics in government. Democracy is a privilege that carries with it important responsibilities for the people and their representatives. As we look back on this era and determine the future of this nation, Dr. Long Thompson's book will be a resource for Americans who are seeking ways to secure our democracy and our future as a nation." Congressman John Lewis, Georgia's 5th District. Ethical leadership, steeped in integrity and fairness, matters. The future of our nation and our world depends upon the quality of America's character. In this uncompromising, absorbing look at our government and society today, Jill Long Thompson persuasively argues that we all have a meaningful role to play in shaping America's character and future. The citizenry, as well as their elected officials, are responsible for protecting fairness of participation and integrity in elections, as well as in the adoption and execution of laws. In this troubling time when the public is losing trust and confidence in our government, Jill Long Thompson shows us a bipartisan way forward.
Author : Stephanie Meeks,Kevin C. Murphy
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610917094
At its most basic, historic preservation is about keeping old places alive, in active use, and relevant to the needs of communities today. As cities across America experience a remarkable renaissance, and more and more young, diverse families choose to live, work, and play in historic neighborhoods, the promise and potential of using our older and historic buildings to revitalize our cities is stronger than ever. This urban resurgence is a national phenomenon, boosting cities from Cleveland to Buffalo and Portland to Pittsburgh. Experts offer a range of theories on what is driving the return to the city—from the impact of the recent housing crisis to a desire to be socially engaged, live near work, and reduce automobile use. But there’s also more to it. Time and again, when asked why they moved to the city, people talk about the desire to live somewhere distinctive, to be some place rather than no place. Often these distinguishing urban landmarks are exciting neighborhoods—Miami boasts its Art Deco district, New Orleans the French Quarter. Sometimes, as in the case of Baltimore’s historic rowhouses, the most distinguishing feature is the urban fabric itself. While many aspects of this urban resurgence are a cause for celebration, the changes have also brought to the forefront issues of access, affordable housing, inequality, sustainability, and how we should commemorate difficult history. This book speaks directly to all of these issues. In The Past and Future City, Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes in detail, and with unique empirical research, the many ways that saving and restoring historic fabric can help a city create thriving neighborhoods, good jobs, and a vibrant economy. She explains the critical importance of preservation for all our communities, the ways the historic preservation field has evolved to embrace the challenges of the twenty-first century, and the innovative work being done in the preservation space now. This book is for anyone who cares about cities, places, and saving America’s diverse stories, in a way that will bring us together and help us better understand our past, present, and future.
Author : Max Page,Marla R. Miller
Publisher : Public History in Historical P
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1625342152
"The year 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, the cornerstone of historic preservation policy and practice in the United States. The act established the National Register of Historic Places, a national system of state preservation offices and local commissions, set up federal partnerships between states and tribes, and led to the formation of the standards for preservation and rehabilitation of historic structures. This book marks its fiftieth anniversary by collecting fifty new and provocative essays that chart the future of preservation. The commentators include leading preservation professionals, historians, writers, activists, journalists, architects, and urbanists. The essays offer a distinct vision for the future and address related questions, including: Who is a preservationist? What should be preserved? Why? How? What stories do we tell in preservation? How does preservation contribute to the financial, environmental, social, and cultural well-being of communities? And if the 'arc of the moral universe...bends towards justice,' how can preservation be a tool for achieving a more just society and world?"--Provided by publishe
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization and Government Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1616 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
ISBN : UCAL:B5139769
Author : Andressa Schröder,Nico Völker,Robert A. Winkler,Tom Clucas
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839441220
Cultures as well as individuals continually balance the demands of nostalgia and sustainability as they construct historical narratives of ›futures worth preserving‹. The aim of this volume is to explore those narratives and the underlying assumptions which inform them. Drawing on a range of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences, the chapters investigate cultural assumptions about which aspects of the past deserve to be remembered and which aspects of the present should be sustained for the future. In the process, they reveal how contemporary definitions of sustainability are informed by a nostalgic yearning for the past, and how nostalgia is motivated by a reciprocal longing to sustain the past for the future.
Author : United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123453487
Author : William R. Lowry
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1589013956
Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, William R. Lowry investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. Providing intergenerational goods, ranging from balanced budgets to space programs and natural environments, is particularly challenging because most political incentives reward short-term behavior. Lowry examines the effect of institutional structure on the public delivery of these goods. He offers a theoretical framework accounting for both the necessary conditions — public demand, political stability, and official commitment to long-term delivery — and constraining factors — the tensions between public agencies and politicians as well as between different levels of government — that determine the ability of a nation to achieve long-term goals. In support of this argument, Lowry evaluates data on park systems from more than one hundred countries and provides in-depth case studies of four — he United States, Australia, Canada, and Costa Rica — to show how and why the delivery of intergenerational goods can vary. For each of the cases, he reviews background information, discusses constraints on agency behavior, and assesses expansion of the park systems and restoration of natural conditions at specific locations. This extensive comparative analysis of the preservation of public lands offers new insights into the capability of nations to pursue long-term goals.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
ISBN : MINN:31951D00621923K
Author : Abby Smith Rumsey,Abby Smith,Council on Library and Information Resources. Commission on Preservation and Access
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Infomation Resources
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015049670287
This report summarizes the challenges and accomplishments in preservation efforts since the early 1960s. The paper gives an overview of the preservation and management of research collections and describes the context in which decisions are made by researchers and librarians about what to preserve and how. By examining how librarians and scholars grappled with the first great crisis in the preservation of library materials--the pandemic loss of information printed on embrittled acid paper--it traces the development of the current consensus on how to manage large collections recorded on many media of varying stability. Highlights include permanent paper, paper deacidification, the rationale for reformatting, the scope of the problem, and local responsibilities vs. national priorities. The need for a national preservation plan is discussed, as well as selection of materials for the national plan and the role of scholars in selection. The paper also addresses the problem that, despite striking progress made in preservation technology and management, the difficulties of preserving original library materials have scarcely diminished over time and demand the same thoughtful cooperation between scholars and librarians as they enter the 21st century as the brittle-book problem received in the 1980s. (AEF)
Author : Elizabeth Joffrion,Michèle V. Cloonan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945246359
Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
Author : Kathleen A. Hansen,Nora Paul
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442267145
News coverage is often described as the “first draft of history.” From the publication in 1690 of the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, to the latest tweet, news has been disseminated to inform its audience about what is going on in the world. But the preservation of news content has had its technological, legal, and organizational challenges. Over the centuries, as new means of finding, producing, and distributing news were developed, the methods used to ensure future generations’ access changed, and new challenges for news content preservation arose. This book covers the history of news preservation (or lack thereof), the decisions that helped ensure (or doom) its preservation, and the unique preservation issues that each new form of media brought. All but one copy of Publick Occurrences were destroyed by decree. The wood-pulp based newsprint used for later newspapers crumbled to dust. Early microfilm disintegrates to acid and decades of microfilmed newspapers have already dissolved in their storage drawers. Early radio and television newscasts were rarely captured and when they were, the technological formats for accessing the tapes are long superseded. Sounds and images stored on audio and videotapes fade and become unreadable. The early years of web publication by news organizations were lost by changes in publishing platforms and a false security that everything on the Internet lives forever. In 50 or 100 years, what will we be able to retrieve from today’s news output? How will we tell the story of this time and place? Will we have better access to news produced in 1816 than news produced in 2016? These are some of the questions Future-Proofing the News aims to answer.
