Book Review| May 01 2023 Review: Practical Heritage Management: Preserving a Tangible Past, by Scott F. Anfinson Practical Heritage Management: Preserving a Tangible Past by Scott F. Anfinson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. xxv + 514 pp.; figures, tables, appendices, index; hardback, $162.00; paperback, $76.00; eBook, $72.00. Rob Skalecki Rob Skalecki City of Minneapolis Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2023) 45 (2): 150–152. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2023.45.2.150 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Rob Skalecki; Review: Practical Heritage Management: Preserving a Tangible Past, by Scott F. Anfinson. The Public Historian 1 May 2023; 45 (2): 150–152. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2023.45.2.150 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search Anfinson wrote Practical Heritage Management: Preserving a Tangible Past “partly for a selfish reason”—the need for an accessible, comprehensive text without an archaeological focus (xv). Anfinson states the organizational setup of the book is intended to fit into a fifteen-week teaching semester, and the target audience is advanced college and university students taking a course in American heritage management (xvii-xviii). The book is a perhaps best suited for those who expect to gain applicable regulatory knowledge in heritage management prior to searching for careers in historic preservation and/or archeology. The book is divided into fourteen chapters. Chapters end with review questions to test reader comprehension and supplemental reading recommendations. Additionally, the author includes sidebars for each chapter which contain anecdotal notes with personal rhetorical queries added to prompt further discussion. Chapters that cover the backgrounds of legal frameworks and the histories of their implementation follow logical, chronological explanations. From the... You do not currently have access to this content.