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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape is a book written in 1993 by James Howard Kunstler exploring the effects of suburban sprawl, civil planning, and the automobile on American society and is an attempt to discover how and why suburbia has ceased to be a credible human habitat, and what society might do about it.
- James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler, James Howard
- 1993
Jan 1, 2001 · The Geography of Nowhere 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.
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- James Howard Kunstler
American culture. In The Geography of Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler argues that this transformation of the American landscape represents a "gathering calamity," warning that "the future will require us to build better places, or else the future will belong to other people and other societies." The book is a ranting and often black-humored ...
Jul 26, 1994 · "In The Geography of Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where everyplace is like noplace in particular, where the city is a dead zone and the countryside a wasteland of cars and blacktop.
Jul 26, 1994 · The Geography of Nowhere 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.
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- 1993
- James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler, James Howard
The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler explores the detrimental effects of suburban sprawl and the decline of traditional town planning in the United States. . Kunstler argues that the lack of cohesive urban design has led to environmental degradation, social isolation, and a loss of community iden
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The Geography of Nowhere 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 ...
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