Book
The Geography of Nowhere
- Published
- 1993
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Pages
- 304
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125313.The_Geography_of_Nowhere?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_25
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 17–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 12 onwards · ages 17–20
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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. "The future will require us to build better places," Kunstler says, "or the future will belong to other people in other societies."
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780671888251
- ISBN-10
- 0671888250
Tags
Places-CitiesSocial Studies-GeographySuburbiaUnited States of AmericaUrban Planning