Having begun our study of New England with a brief look at the English who settled here first, we turn our attention to the kind of place they built once they got here. The New England Village is perhaps the signature landmark on our cultural landscape, and we’ll explore its development.
I know that you’re busily working on your first paper (you are, aren’t you?) so I’m not going to give an extensive reading assignment for this day, but I do want to get a look into the next text for the course, Joseph S. Wood’s The New England Village.