James Howard Kunstler - The Geography of Nowhere_ The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape (1994, Free Press)

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4、x.1.Architecture-Environmentalaspects-UnitedStates.2.Architectureandsociety-UnitedStates.I.Title.NA2542.35.K861993720'.47-dc2093-20373ClPISBN:0-671-70774-40-671-88825-0(Pbk.)ForAmy-wife,muse,'possumCONTENTSChapter..OneSCARYPLACES...9TwoAMERICANSPACE...17ThreeLIFEONTHEGRIDIRON.

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