| Título : |
THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE: THE RISE AND DECLINE OF AMERICA'S MAN-MADE LANDSCAPE |
| Tipo de documento: |
texto impreso |
| Autores: |
KUNSTLER, JAMES HOWARD, Autor |
| Editorial: |
NEW YORK : TOUCHSTONE |
| Fecha de publicación: |
1994 |
| Número de páginas: |
303 pp. |
| ISBN/ISSN/DL: |
978-0-671-88825-1 |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Palabras clave: |
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS UNITED STATES |
| Resumen: |
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 evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed lifestyle. It is also a wake-up call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work, to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection. Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life, we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good. |
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