Bøker av William E. Schmickle

This book is a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations.

Preservation Politics is a provocative look at the changing prospects for historic districts, and how local preservation commissions, volunteers, and staff can prevent and reverse decline by thinking and acting politically on behalf of the communities they serve.

Offers a political battle plan in a fight to designate a local historic district. This title covers what you need to know about the politics of organizing a grassroots campaign and what you have to do to win. It explains how and why historic districts are politically created, It is useful for anyone studying or working in local preservation.