John h sprinkle jr s book crafting preservation criteria the national register of historic places and american historic preservation fills a prominent gap in the literature on historic preservation material culture and collective memory studies unlike geographical works by tim cresswell gareth hoskins and others that. Review crafting preservation criteria the national register of historic places and american historic preservation by john h sprinkle jr crafting preservation criteria the national register of historic places and american historic preservation by john h sprinkle jr new york routledge 2014 ix 244 pp figures notes appendices index clothbound 13500 paperbound 3995 . In 1966 american historic preservation was transformed by the passage of the national historic preservation act which created a national register of historic places now comprising more than 14 million historic properties across the country the national register is the official federal list of places in the united states thought to be worthy of preservation. Crafting preservation criteria the national register of historic places and american historic preservation by john h sprinkle jr new york routledge taylor francis 2014 244 pp 10 greyscale figures 6 appendices notes bibliography index 13500 cloth isbn 978 0 415 64255 2 3495 paper isbn 978 0 41564256 9 paper 3495 e book isbn 978 0 203 08083 2