The Oglethorpe Plan : Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond / Thomas D. Wilson.

Main entry:

Wilson, Thomas D., 1947-

Title & Author:

The Oglethorpe Plan : Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond / Thomas D. Wilson.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.

Description:

257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index.
Prologue : historical context -- 1. The plan for a model colony -- 2. The plan for an ideal city -- 3. Implementaton of the plan -- 4. The plan today -- 5. The future of the plan -- Epilogue : Enlightenment legacy -- Appendix A. Chronology of the British Enlightenment, Oglethorpe's life, and the planning and founding of Georgia -- Appendix B. Biographical profiles.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780813932903 (acid-free paper)
0813932904 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785.
City planning Georgia Savannah.
City planning Social aspects.
Civic improvement.
Villes Aménagement et assainissement.
civic improvement.
City planning.
Georgia Savannah.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283113
Call No.: BIB 221131
Status: Available

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