Preservation politics : keeping historic districts vital / William E. Schmickle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Preservation and the Politics of Change -- Glimpsing Our Political Future -- The Road to Crisis in Historic Districts -- Our District Designation Story -- A Community Compact for Rooted Growth -- Thinking like a Districtist -- Delivering Good Government -- The Temptation of Administrative Legalism -- The Crisis of Second Generation Districts -- Rooters and Rotters : A New Political Who's Who -- Our Strategic Line -- Dealing with Preservation Ideologues -- Political Personalities : Who Leads? -- The Stages of Declining Historic Districts -- The Politics of Decision Making : Defensible and Defendable -- Enforcement : The Third Rail of Preservation Politics -- The Politics of Appeals -- Choosing Our Battles -- Transformative Education -- Our Sustaining Vision -- Selected Glossary.