America's Undeclared War : What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop It
by Lazare, Daniel
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- ISBN 10
- 0151005524
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005529
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Synopsis
"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1800, sounding a note that has echoed throughout American history. In this bracing reexamination, Daniel Lazare traces the progress of America's unwavering war on its cities and looks at the profound consequences. From Jefferson through Henry Ford and Franklin Roosevelt to the present, we have labored to wither our cities, simultaneously fouling our air and our landscape, depleting our energy resources to feed our automobiles and neglecting any form of community other than hollow, homogenous suburbs. And yet the average American has a smaller share of the country's wealth than the average European and less opportunity to improve his or her lot. Provocative and enlightening, America's Undeclared War exposes a prejudice both fundamental and destructive to American culture. With a mordant wit and a refreshing clarity, Lazare offers a vision that can re-invigorate us, our communities, and our future.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4608719-75
- Title
- America's Undeclared War : What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop It
- Author
- Lazare, Daniel
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151005524
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005529
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- April 23, 2001
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