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100 Books About Where and How We Live - Page 2

Perhaps more than at any other time in American history, where we live determines much about what we know. As people who write about cities, we realized this presented a remarkable opportunity. We wanted to find examples of how reading stories about where people live could change the way we think about the world.
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Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (Rebecca Solnit)
Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (Rebecca Solnit)
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Los Angeles an Archetecture in Four Ecologies (Reyner Banham)
Los Angeles an Archetecture in Four Ecologies (Reyner Banham)
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Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris (A.J. Liebling)
Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris (A.J. Liebling)
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis)
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis)
45
A History of New York in 101 Objects (Sam Roberts)
A History of New York in 101 Objects (Sam Roberts)
46
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words (Wendy Macnaughton)
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words (Wendy Macnaughton)
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Berlin Childhood Around 1900 (Walter Benjamin)
Berlin Childhood Around 1900 (Walter Benjamin)
48
Letters From New Orleans (Rob Walker)
Letters From New Orleans (Rob Walker)
49
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
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Playground of My Mind (Julia Jacquette)
Playground of My Mind (Julia Jacquette)
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Detroit: The Dream Is Now (Michel Arnaud)
Detroit: The Dream Is Now (Michel Arnaud)
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Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City (Gordon Young)
Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City (Gordon Young)
53
The Bronx Is Burning (Jonathan Mahler)
The Bronx Is Burning (Jonathan Mahler)
54
The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons From Sustaining Phoenix (Grady Gammage Jr.)
The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons From Sustaining Phoenix (Grady Gammage Jr.)
55
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Famil
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Famil
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The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community (Herbert Gans)
The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community (Herbert Gans)
57
Where I Was From (Joan Didion)
Where I Was From (Joan Didion)
58
Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York (James T. Murphy and Karla L. Murphy)
Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York (James T. Murphy and Karla L. Murphy)
59
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair Th
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair Th
60
The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us (Joel Kotkin)
The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us (Joel Kotkin)
61
Magnetic City (Justin Davidson)
Magnetic City (Justin Davidson)
62
Walkable City (Jeff Speck)
Walkable City (Jeff Speck)
63
Never Built New York (Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell)
Never Built New York (Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell)
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Never Built Los Angeles (Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell)
Never Built Los Angeles (Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell)
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Cities for People (Jan Gehl)
Cities for People (Jan Gehl)
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Scatter, Adapt and Remember (Annalee Newitz)
Scatter, Adapt and Remember (Annalee Newitz)
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Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution (Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow)
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution (Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow)
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Cities That Think Like Planets: Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems (Marina Alberti)
Cities That Think Like Planets: Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems (Marina Alberti)
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Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
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Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilde (Nathanael Johnson)
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilde (Nathanael Johnson)
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Local Code: 3,659 Proposals About Data, Design & the Nature of Cities (Nicholas De Monchaux)
Local Code: 3,659 Proposals About Data, Design & the Nature of Cities (Nicholas De Monchaux)
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Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities (Ryan Gravel)
Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities (Ryan Gravel)
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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (Tom Vanderbilt)
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (Tom Vanderbilt)
74
No Small Plans (Chicago Architecture Foundation)
No Small Plans (Chicago Architecture Foundation)
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On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
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Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America (Beryl Satter)
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America (Beryl Satter)
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The Extra Woman (Joanna Scutts)
The Extra Woman (Joanna Scutts)
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Material World: A Global Family Portrait (Edited by Peter Menzel)
Material World: A Global Family Portrait (Edited by Peter Menzel)
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Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (Eric Klinenberg)
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (Eric Klinenberg)
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Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai (Qiu Xiaolong)
Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai (Qiu Xiaolong)
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