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Chapter 1 – Origins of the American Idea
The American republic was drawn before it was built. From surveyor’s lines to founding city plans, this chapter explores how architecture and urban design shaped the nation’s earliest ideas of order, freedom, and civic life.
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Preface – The Line and the Nation
The United States was first drawn before it was built. From Jefferson’s township grid to today’s digital infrastructure, design has shaped how Americans live, govern, and understand freedom. The Intelligent Republic explores how architecture, planning, and systems operate as instruments of both democracy and inequality—revealing the built environment as a record of national belief, ambition,…
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