The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition - Couverture souple

Kunstler, James Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743227239 ISBN 13 : 9780743227230

Editeur : Free Press, 2003

Synopsis

In the highly acclaimed The Geography of Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler declared suburbia "a tragic landscape" and fueled a fierce debate over how we will live in twenty-first-century America. Here, Kunstler turns his discerning eye to urban life in America and beyond in dazzling excursions to classical Rome, the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Louis-Napoleon's Paris, the "gigantic hairball" that is contemporary Atlanta, the ludicrous spectacle of Las Vegas, and more. Seeking to discover what is constant and enduring in cities at their greatest, Kunstler explores how America got lost in suburban wilderness and locates pathways that might lead to civic revival. His authoritative tour is both a concise history of cities and a stunning critique of how they can aid or hinder social and civil progress. By turns dramatic and comic, The City in Mind is an exceptional glimpse into the urban condition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

James Howard Kunstler is the author of two previous nonfiction books, The Geography of Nowhere and Home from Nowhere, and eight novels. His articles appear regularly in The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Slate, and Metropolis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Free Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743227239
• ISBN 13: 9780743227230
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 295
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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