Abstract

The diverse roots of the landscape preservation movement have given strength to its recent growth. The preservation of historic landscapes in North America as we know it today is a more recent development than the preservation of historic buildings, sites, and districts. In the United States there was no landmark Federal landscape preservation legislation like the 1906 Antiquities Act or the 1966 Historic Preservation Act nor a bold rescue such as Mount Vernon in 1858 or Vieux

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