Section One: The Preservation Field Chapter 1 Origins: A Brief History of Historic Preservation in the United States Chapter 2 Government Involvement in Preservation: The Federal and State Roles Chapter 3 Local Governments and the Private Sector in Preservation Planning and Design Section 2: Preservation Practice Chapter 4: What Makes a Property Historic? Identifying, Researching, and Documenting Historic Properties Chapter 5: Historic Preservation Law Chapter 6 From Demolition to Preservation: Divergent Approaches to Managing and Rehabilitating Historic Buildings Chapter 7 A Survey of Historic Building Materials: Their Properties and Treatments Chapter 8 Common Threats to Historic Buildings Chapter 9 Dating a Historic Building Section 3: Preservation Design Chapter 10: Sensitive Rehabilitation and Applying the Secretary of the Interior's Standards Chapter 11: Programming and Managing Historic Design Projects Chapter 12: Universal Design, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Historic Buildings Chapter 13 Historic Preservation, the Environment, and Green Building Conclusion: In with the Old, Out with the New: Emerging Trends in Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century.