Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
By: Kenneth T. Jackson
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how -the good life…
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1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
4.30
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more
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"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2. Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
By: Kim Phillips-Fein
4.21
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST An epic, riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster―and an … read more
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3. Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870-1900
By: Sam Bass Warner, Jr. , Sam B. Warner
3.66
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
In the last third of the nineteenth century Boston grew from a crowded merchant town, in which near… read more
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4. A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
By: Lizabeth Cohen
3.86
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen sh… read more
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5. In the Presence of Absence
By: Mahmoud Darwish , محمود درويش , Sinan Antoon
4.36
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
"Darwish is to be read with urgency, in the night, when nothing else moves but his lines." —The Vil… read more
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"هل أبتعدت لتقترب أم اقتربت لتبتعد"-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
"الحنين يكذب ولا يتعب من الكذب لأنه يكذب بصدق ."-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
"Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third."-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
"الحنين مسامرة الغائب للغائب , و التفات البعيد إلى البعيد ."-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
6. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
By: Andrés Duany , Jeff Speck , Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
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7. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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8. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
By: Kenneth T. Jackson
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how -the good life… read more
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9. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
By: Charles C. Mann
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Over 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. They developed different … read more
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10. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
By: T.J. Stiles
3.91
Format: 2 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created mo… read more
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11. Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York
By: Ted Steinberg
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award for US History A "fascinating, encyclopedic history...of greater New… read more
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12. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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13. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
By: Jeff Speck
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it d… read more
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15. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
By: Edward L. Glaeser
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's g… read more
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16. Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
By: Mike Davis
4.01
Format: 448 pages,
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17. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-… read more
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18. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
By: Dan Egan
4.34
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply … read more
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"A normal lake is knowable. A Great Lake can hold all the mysteries of an ocean, and then some."-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
"Sandy beaches still rim the lakes, but if Lake Michigan, for example, were drained it would now be possible to walk almost the entire 100 miles between Wisconsin and Michigan on a bed of trillions up…"-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
"A thing is right when it tends to promote the integrity, beauty and stability of the biotic community," famed Wisconsin naturalist Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949, which happened to be teh peak of the lam…"-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
"A single Seaway ship can hold up to six million gallons of vessel-steadying ballast water that gets discharged at a port in exchange for cargo. And that water, scientists would learn after it was too…"-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
19. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
By: Gary Gerstle
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more
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20. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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21. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
By: Conor Dougherty
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis Spacious and affordable homes… read more
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