Edge City: Life on the New Frontier

Edge City: Life on the New Frontier
ISBN-10
0307801942
ISBN-13
9780307801944
Series
Edge City
Category
Social Science
Pages
576
Language
English
Published
2011-07-27
Publisher
Anchor
Author
Joel Garreau

Description

First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.

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