false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173709659m/316020.jpg 316020 2 <P> In the highly acclaimed <I>The Geography of Nowhere,</I> 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, <I>The City in Mind</I> is an exceptional glimpse into the urban condition. 2122582 31 12 2002 The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition total:97|5:19|4:44|3:25|2:8|1:1| 97 363 171 13 4 1 false false Thu Aug 02 18:00:41 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 08:11:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:06:15 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:34:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 16:02:14 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 10:29:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Apr 15 07:46:02 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 21:47:24 -0700 2007 City in Mind is an eclectic set of essays on the best and worst the world's cities. Like his earlier books "Geography of Nowhere" and "Home from Nowhere", this book too offers up hard-hitting attacks on American manifest destiny culture of consumerism, corporate greed, subu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:58:30 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:01:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Aug 08 09:29:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 09:56:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:10:11 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 07:01:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Sep 30 13:18:55 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 13:23:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 08:44:02 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 09:09:56 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Thu Jul 31 22:02:45 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 22:02:45 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jun 21 11:19:37 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 11:21:40 -0700 2008
This book has a more historical perspective which only serves to educate us further about these great living organisms we call Cities.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 06:57:35 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 08:09:52 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Dec 11 22:10:56 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 22:12:09 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 18:38:20 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 18:38:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 08:01:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 08:01:40 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Nov 02 07:30:18 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 07:30:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 18:35:37 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:35:37 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:52:49 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 00:52:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 07:42:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 07:42:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 10:20:44 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:20:44 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=316020