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The New England Village (Creating The North American Landscape)-used
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The New England Village, With Its Whitepainted, Blackshuttered, Classicalrevival Buildings Surrounding A Treeshaded Green, Is One Of The Enduring Icons Of The American Historical Imagination. Associated In The Popular Mind With A Time Of Strong Community Values, Discipline, And Economic Stability, The Village Of New England Is For Many The Archetypal 'City On A Hill.' Yet In The New England Village, Joseph S. Wood Argues That This Village Is A Nineteenthcentury Place And Its Association With The Colonial Past A Nineteenthcentury Romantic Invention.New England Colonists Brought With Them A Cultural Predisposition Toward Dispersed Settlements Within Agricultural Spaces Called 'Towns' And 'Villages.' Rarely Compact In Form, These Communities Did, However, Encourage Individual Landholding. By The Early Nineteenth Century, Town Centers, Where Meetinghouses Stood, Began To Develop Into The Center Villages We Recognize Today. Just As Rural New England Began Its Economic Decline, Romantics Associated These Protourban Places With Idealized Colonial Village Communities As The Source Of Both Village Form And Commercial Success.This Provocative Assessment Of The New England Village Encourages Critical Thinking About Landscape Origins And Meanings Ascribed To Them By Different People In Different Periods. We Invent The Past, Wood Concludes, In Our Own Imageas Nineteenthcentury Villagers Did Quite Literally And As Suburban Developers Do Today.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'The New England Village'? A: 'The New England Village' explores the historical and cultural significance of the New England village, portraying it as a construct of the nineteenth century that romanticizes colonial pasts and community values.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'The New England Village' is Joseph S. Wood.
- Q: When was 'The New England Village' published? A: 'The New England Village' was published on September 24, 2002.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: 'The New England Village' contains 223 pages.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: The available edition of 'The New England Village' is the First Edition.
- Q: What type of binding does the book have? A: 'The New England Village' is available in paperback binding.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: 'The New England Village' is in new condition.
- Q: What is the main argument presented by Joseph S. Wood in the book? A: Joseph S. Wood argues that the New England village is a nineteenth-century construct, and its idealization as a colonial entity is a romantic invention of that time.
- Q: Does the book discuss the economic decline of rural New England? A: Yes, 'The New England Village' discusses the economic decline of rural New England and how it influenced the perception of village communities.
- Q: Is 'The New England Village' suitable for academic study? A: Yes, 'The New England Village' is suitable for academic study, particularly in fields such as history, cultural studies, and landscape architecture.