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dc.contributor.authorRashid, Mahbub
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T18:26:30Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T18:26:30Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationRashid, M. (1996). The Plan is the Program: Thomas Jefferson's Plan for the Rectilinear Survey of 1784. In Proceedings of the 84th ACSA Annual Meeting and Technology Conference. Boston.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/33177
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the plan for the rectilinear survey of 1784 for the Northwest Territory of the United States contained in the Land Ordinance of 1784 authored by Thomas Jefferson in association with Hugh Williamson and others. Scholars have generally criticized the 1784 Plan for using "mathematical space" as opposed to "physical space" to facilitate land speculation. This paper suggests, however, that the plan for rectilinear survey offered a unique way to resolve the ideological tensions between the New Englanders and the Southerners for it incorporated elements of each one's survey system into it. The paper suggests that the 1784 Plan was a result of Jefferson's critical understanding of a great tradition of rectilinear land division system perfected by the Romans. Most importantly, this paper suggests that, in this 1784 Plan, Jefferson wanted to achieve a balance between classical ideals and the utilitarian attitudes of "scientific progressivism". Thus, it is quite plausible that Thomas Jefferson conceived the 1784 Plan for the rectilinear survey as a program to accommodate the unpredictable future of an emerging nation whose nature was yet to be defined.en_US
dc.titleThe Plan Is The Program: Thomas Jefferson's Plan for the Rectilinear Survey Of 1784en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorRashid, Mahbub
kusw.kudepartmentArchitecture & Designen_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscripten_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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