Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia iswidely hailed as a masterpiece. It is his greatest architectural accomplishment, thesummation of his quest for intellectual freedom. The story of the Universityencompasses the political and architectural worlds, as Jeffeson struggled againstgreat opposition to establish a new type of educational institution."Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village "offers acomprehensive look at Jefferson's design for the University, at how it came intobeing, at the different perecptions of its successes and failures, and at thealterations that have taken place down through the years.
Therevised edition incorporates research that has been ongoing since the book firstappeared in 1993, and includes a preface by Richard Guy Wilson, essays onarchitecture and education and the Lawn, additional architectural drawings andhistoric photographs, a foreword by President John T. Casteen III, and numerouscolor illustrations.