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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier

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Publisher Comments:

First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping changes in 100 years by moving their jobs out to where they live and shop. In this groundbreaking and highly readable book, the author chronicles this dramatic trend and sheds revealing light on who we are, how we got that way, and where we are headed.

Review:

"A thought-provoking account of the new urban centers that are developing on the edges of major metropolitan areas in the U.S." Publishers Weekly

Review:

"Readable...a fascinating transcontinental tour....Mr. Garreau has the ability to categorize and clarify trends before they are apparent to the rest of us. His instincts are sharp, and his arguments are often persuasive....Edge City...is a provocative introduction to demographic and business patterns that are likely to becom more important as the twenty-first century edges nearer." New York Times Book Review.

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"Superb reporting." The Wall Street Journal

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"Fascinating...no one has explained the geographical, economic and sociological forces that have produced these 'new downtowns' as well as Garreau." Washington Post

Review:

"Edge cities are America's next urban frontier, and Garreau's book is the best new guide to the territory." Plain Dealer

Review:

"[A] provocative work that brings to popular attention a major restructuring that is, as Garreau says, all around us but largely ignored by professional architects and planners." Kirkus Reviews

Product Details

ISBN:
9781114769878
Subtitle:
Life on the New Frontier
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Publication Date:
September 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
576
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Product details 576 pages Anchor Books - English 9781114769878 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "A thought-provoking account of the new urban centers that are developing on the edges of major metropolitan areas in the U.S." Publishers Weekly
"Review" by , "Readable...a fascinating transcontinental tour....Mr. Garreau has the ability to categorize and clarify trends before they are apparent to the rest of us. His instincts are sharp, and his arguments are often persuasive....Edge City...is a provocative introduction to demographic and business patterns that are likely to becom more important as the twenty-first century edges nearer."
"Review" by , "Superb reporting."
"Review" by , "Fascinating...no one has explained the geographical, economic and sociological forces that have produced these 'new downtowns' as well as Garreau."
"Review" by , "Edge cities are America's next urban frontier, and Garreau's book is the best new guide to the territory."
"Review" by , "[A] provocative work that brings to popular attention a major restructuring that is, as Garreau says, all around us but largely ignored by professional architects and planners."
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