Author Talk With Bill Hubbard Jr., Author Of 'American Boundaries: The Nation, the States, The Rectangular Survey'

For anyone who has looked at a map of the United States and wondered how Texas and Oklahoma got their panhandles, or flown over the American heartland and marveled at the vast grid spreading out in all directions below, American Boundarieswill yield a treasure trove of insight. The first book to chart the country’s growth using the boundary as a political and cultural focus, Bill Hubbard’s masterly narrative begins by explaining how the original thirteen colonies organized their borders.

Bill Hubbard taught the first design studio for undergraduates at MIT's Department of Architecture. On a summer vacation in 1997, he encountered the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Stunned by their severe beauty, he embarked on the decade of research that resulted in American Boundaries: The Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey.

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