Introduction: "As a city upon a Hill" -- 1. The colonial encounter with the land -- 2. Village and community in the seventeenth century -- 3. The architectural landscape -- 4. Villages in the Federal Period -- 5. The village as a vernacular form -- 6. The settlement ideal -- 7. A world we have gained.
Note
Originally published: 1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and index.