Liberty's grid : a founding father, a mathematical dreamland, and the shaping of America / Amir Alexander.
"In 1784 Thomas Jefferson presented Congress with an audacious scheme to reshape the territory of the young United States: All western lands, he proposed, would be inscribed with a titanic rectilinear grid, aligned with the points of the compass. Why did the author of the Declaration of Indepen...
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2024.
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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G1201.B7 A4 2024
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| G1201.B7 A4 2024 | Available Place a Hold |