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planning is a distinct and separate field, issues like income diversity in housing are<br />
disconnected from the study of <strong>historic</strong> preservation.<br />
General Works in Historic Preservation<br />
General works on <strong>historic</strong> preservation frequently begin as teaching aids. James<br />
Marston Fitch’s Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World,<br />
published in 1982, was based on Fitch’s ef<strong>for</strong>ts to develop an academic program <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>historic</strong> preservation at Columbia University in the early 1960s. 11 This program was a<br />
response to “the complete lack of any structured <strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> training them in the United<br />
States.” 12 Norman Tyler’s Historic Preservation: An Introduction to its History,<br />
Principles and Practice began as a textbook <strong>for</strong> a class in <strong>historic</strong> preservation. 13 William<br />
Murtaugh’s Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America was<br />
written as a response to the preservation movement’s preoccupation with methodology<br />
and process. It was still a teaching tool, but focused on the motives behind <strong>historic</strong><br />
preservation and less on preservation methods. 14<br />
Fitch’s Historic Preservation opens with theory but focuses on <strong>historic</strong><br />
preservation practice. The subtitle Curatorial Management of the Built World concisely<br />
expresses Fitch’s approach to preservation. Historic buildings are effectively museum<br />
artifacts without the benefit of a museum. In his view, the goal of the preservation<br />
11<br />
Tomlan, Michael, “Historic Preservation Education: Alongside Architecture in Academia.” Journal of<br />
Architectural Education, Vol. 47, No. 4 (May, 1994) p. 187-196<br />
12<br />
Fitch, James Martin, Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World. New York:<br />
McGraw-Hill, 1982, p. xi<br />
13<br />
Tyler, Norman, Historic Preservation: An Introduction to its History, Principles and Practice. New York:<br />
W.W. Norton & Co., 2000<br />
14<br />
Murtaugh, William J, Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. New York:<br />
John Wiley & Sons, 1997.<br />
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