America's Undeclared War: What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop it
by Lazare, Daniel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good +
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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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- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB596
- Title
- America's Undeclared War: What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop it
- Author
- Lazare, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- America Life Urban Studies Cities
- Bookseller catalogs
- History Politics; Americana; Ecology Environment Nature; Economics and Business;
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