Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America (Creating the North American Landscape (Hardcover))

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Summary: Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America
Review: I had great expectations for this work in as much as a three volume publication is a very ambitious project that would innitially indicate a lot of intense research and knowledge of the subject. This may be the case as it pertains to certain cities, but Dr. Kornworth would have been better off to leave other towns out of the discussion on purpose rather to write incorrectly with misleading conclusions supported by misleading data/pictures that will have to be corrected. Such is the case as it concerns Pensacola, Florida, pages 98-101. The inadequate research and writing, along with the misleading conclusions, unfortunately made we question his overall research methods and analytical capabilities as it pertained to the rest of the volumes. Dr. Kornworth should have done better homework or at least had a knowledgeble historian review his brief chapter as to its accuracy. It is unfortunate for 5 paragraphs to taint a 3-volume work, but sloppy research can never be excused especially under the auspices of the John Hopkins University Press.