The New England Village

by Joseph S. Wood

Book Overview

The New England village, with its white-painted, black-shuttered, classical-revival buildings surrounding a tree-shaded 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801854547
• ISBN13: 9780801854545
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher