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THOMAS JEFFERSON

Exercises and Resources for Further Discussion and Reflection


Quotes by Thomas Jefferson on cities can be found on the Jefferson e-archives at the University of Virginia. 

Anti-Urbanism and Sprawl.  Was Thomas Jefferson the founding father of sprawl?  Read this article on Jefferson and sprawl on Planetizen:  The Planning and Development Network, and then reach your own conclusion, given your own reading of Jefferson in Philosophy and the City.


Anti-Urbanism and the Contemporary Right.  Compare Thomas Jefferson's views with those espoused by contemporary U.S. conservatives.  Read "Tearing Down the Towers:  The Right's Vision of An America Without Cities" by Jeremy Adam Smith on PublicEye.org.

                                       
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Course Materials: Jefferson