1st Edition

Our Unprotected Heritage Whitewashing the Destruction of our Cultural and Natural Environment

By Thomas F King Copyright 2009
    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    Most Americans agree that our heritage—both natural and cultural—should be protected. Then why does development run rampant, aided—rather than limited—by government inaction? Tom King has been a participant in and observer of this system for decades, as a government worker, heritage consultant, and advocate for local communities. In this hard-hitting critique of the heritage-industrial complex, King points the finger at watchdogs who instead serve as advocates, unintelligible (often contradictory) regulations, disinterested government employees and power-seeking agencies, all of whom conspire to keep our heritage unprotected. His solution to this crisis will be uncomfortable to many in power, but may help save more of our cultural and natural treasures.

    Chapter 1 Our Unprotected Heritage; Chapter 2 The Analyst as Proponent; Chapter 3 Reviewers as Advocates; Chapter 4 Befuddle, Bewilder, Bog Down, Bowl Over; Chapter 5 Absent Overseers, Petty Dictators; Chapter 6 All the Locked-Out People; Chapter 7 Real Men Don't Reconsider; Chapter 8 Doing Something about It;

    Biography

    Thomas F King