The Genesis and Evolution of the American City

 

Brian Whetstone is a Ph.D. candidate in the History department at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst whose research focuses on the intersection between historic preservation, real estate, and the urban crisis of the 1960s and 1970s. His dissertation project examines preservation organizations in nearby Springfield, MA, and throughout the state of Massachusetts to explore how preservationists prioritized private property ownership as a strategy to respond to perceived rises in urban crime, white flight, the twentieth century Black freedom struggle, and the urban rental housing crisis. Brian currently serves as co-chair of the National Council on Public History's New Professional and Student Committee.

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