The highly opinionated author of "The Geography of Nowhere" now turns his attention to eight cities here and abroad, issuing an engaging report on their state at the turn of the new century. 15 illustrations.
The highly opinionated author of "The Geography of Nowhere" now turns his attention to eight cities here and abroad, issuing an engaging report on their state at the turn of the new century. 15 illustrations.
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.
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Contents Preface PARIS The Achievements of Napoleon III and Georges Eugène Haussman ATLANTA Does Edge City Have a Future? MEXICO CITY The End of the World and Other Cataclysms BERLIN The Paradoxes of History LAS VEGAS Utopia of Clowns ROME In Search of the Classical BOSTON Overcoming History and Modernism LONDON Landscape as the Cure for Cities Notes Index
Contents Preface PARIS The Achievements of Napoleon III and Georges Eugène Haussman ATLANTA Does Edge City Have a Future? MEXICO CITY The End of the World and Other Cataclysms BERLIN The Paradoxes of History LAS VEGAS Utopia of Clowns ROME In Search of the Classical BOSTON Overcoming History and Modernism LONDON Landscape as the Cure for Cities Notes Index
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