The Unfulfilled Potential of the National Historic Preservation Act

Cultural resource management expert Thomas F. King focuses on the unfulfilled potential of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). King uses his personal background with the NHPA, Section 106, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as a springboard to bring up issues of representation and inclusion in preservation. King goes on to detail the limitations of the National Register of Historic Places and the administration of the NHPA. He closes with a set of suggestions about how to rethink and refresh the NHPA and the movement as a whole.