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KunstlerCast Book
Table of Contents
Paperback – 320 pages
6 Inches × 6 Inches (w × h)
Weight: 261 Grams
BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865716933
Pub. Date: 2011-11-15
Intro ……………………………….. xiii
Chapter 1: The Geography of Nowhere
The Glossary of Nowhere …… 1
The Human Habitat ……………………………………. 9
America’s Honeymoon with Cities is Over ………………… 14
Mandating Suburbia …………………………………… 19
Children of the Burbs ………………………………… 25
Sprawling to Obesity …………………………………. 36
The Architecture of Suburbia ………………………….. 41
Picturing Suburbia …………………………………… 52
Sprawl Defenders …………………………………….. 58
The Politics of Place ………………………………… 66
Boomers: Back to the Burbs ……………………………. 71
Chapter 2: The End of Suburbia
Charging our Way to Suburbia .. 79
The New Urbanism ……………………………………… 87
Seaside ……………………………………………… 93
From Suburban Sprawl to Peak Oil ……………………….. 104
Keep the Car Running? …………………………………. 118
The Foreseeable Future ………………………………… 122
Doomers ……………………………………………… 127
Retooling Suburbia ……………………………………. 136
Chapter 3: American Culture
Social Critic …………….. 141
Throwaway Culture and the Plastic Fantastic ……………… 149
Americans Are Scary-Looking and Infantile ……………….. 151
Dude, We’ve Got Technology …………………………….. 157
Chapter 4: Architecture
The Starchitects ………….. 165
Brutalism ……………………………………………. 174
Chapter 5: Getting There
Making Other Arrangements ….. 185
Reinvesting in Rail …………………………………… 189
Water Transit ………………………………………… 194
Chapter 6: The City in Mind
The Green Metropolis? ……… 199
Contracting Cities ……………………………………. 210
City by City …………………………………………. 215
City Flybys ………………………………………….. 219
Small Cities and Towns ………………………………… 226
Concentrating Poverty …………………………………. 233
Anti-Urban Bias ………………………………………. 241
Missing Teeth in the Urban Fabric ………………………. 244
A Drugstore on Every Corner ……………………………. 253
Chapter 7: Urban Polemicists
Jane Jacobs ………………. 257
Lewis Mumford ………………………………………… 265
Chapter 8: Parting Words
Packin’ for France ………… 269
Cassandra ……………………………………………. 273
Legacy ………………………………………………. 276
Outro ………………………………… 279
Notes ………………………………… 287
Index ………………………………… 293
About the Contributors …………………. 299
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REVIEWS
“This book is indeed great fun. … However, Crary’s superior volume has the guts to truly grapple with the harsh realities shaping our times—realities that few dare discuss out in the open.”
“KunstlerCast is an easy read that you can dip into and out of at will”
— Peter Bane, Permaculture Activist Magazine (.pdf), February 2012
“For those of you wanting a good overview of Kunstler’s thinking and for those of you that want to share JHK with others but may fear being embarrassed by the sometimes ‘salty’ language he can use, this book is a great tool. The format is, by design, conversational. You can digest it in small bites or in large pieces. And the Kunstler world through Duncan’s eyes is not necessarily sanitized, but it is communicated in a way that I think will reach a broader audience.”
“The 320-page New Society Publishers offering was just released in paperback and is based on four years of weekly Kunstler riffs recorded by podcasting journalist Duncan Crary. In his introduction to the book, Crary professes to be merely a host, and sometimes a Kunstler foil, but the two upstate New Yorkers really are kindred intellects.”
—Ready to despair? ‘Doomer’ exhorts us to ‘grow up’, Jon Rutter Lancaster Sunday News, Nov. 12, 2011
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