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The Geography of Nowhere traces Americas 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 lotsIn elegant and often hilarious prose Kunstler depicts our nations 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 carcrazed lifestyle It is also a wakeup 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 societiesThe Geography of Nowhere has become a touchstone work in the two decades since its initial publication its incisive commentary giving language to the feeling of millions of Americans that our nations suburban environments were ceasing to be credible human habitats Since that time the work has inspired city planners architects legislators designers and citizens everywhere In this special 20th Anniversary edition dozens of authors and experts in various fields share their perspective on James Howard Kunstlers brave and seminal work. 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Nash of Stone and Webster, Inc., H. C. Attwill, chairman of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, J. R. Macor\'nber and W. E. Mcgregor of Harris Forbes, Inc., Bentley Warren of the Massachusetts bar, Winthrop Coffin of Coffin and Burr, and George A. Fernald of George A. Fernald Company, have answered my queries without complaint or cavil. Messrs. C. E. Sprague of General Electric and George Ewing of Westinghouse, and Messrs. George Carey and W. W. Woodard, trustees, respectively, of the Greenfield and Montague and the Athol and Orange Transportation Areas have been equally helpful. To Edward Dana, general manager, M. H. Cullen, assistant general auditor, H. H. Norris, educational adviser, and L. A. Armistead, librarian, of the Boston Elevated, to A. J. Boardman, general manager and J. F. Gallagher, assistant superintendent of the transportation department of the Eastern Massachusetts, to Messrs. C. L. Bartlett, general manager of the Massachusetts Northeastern, L. H. Cushing, general manager of the Fitchburg and Leominster, Starkey, general manager of the Gardner and Templeton, and to other operating men whose work has been disturbed by my importunate questioning, I tender my gratitude. I am obligated to the officials of the American Electric Railway Association and particularly to K. L. Mckee, statistician, for material put at my disposal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. 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