
Geography Of Nowhere
The Rise And Declineof America'S Man-Made Landscape
$41.37
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
29 September 1994
Summary
The Geography of Nowhere
This book traces America’s evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon architecture and parking lots.
In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation’s evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere ta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780671888251 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0671888250 |
| Author: | James Howard Kunstler |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 1994 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 140mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
The New Yorker A serious attempt to point out ways future builders can avoid the errors that have marred the American landscape.
Robert Taylor Boston Globe A wonderfully entertaining useful and provocative account of the American environment by the auto, suburban developers, purblind zoning and corporate pirates.Bill McKibben author of The End of Nature A Funny, Angry, Colossally Important Tour of Our Built Landscape, Our Human Ecology.The New Yorker A serious attempt to point out ways future builders can avoid the errors that have marred the American landscape.James G. Garrison The Christian Science Monitor Contributes to a discussion our society must hold if we are to shape our world as it continues to change at a dizzying pace.Michiko Kakutani The New York Times Provocative and entertaining.
About The Author
James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler is the author of eight novels. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and an editor for Rolling Stone, and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Sunday Magazine. He lives in upstate New York.
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