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A look at what the American lifestyle has done to the environmentand how to move toward a better future.

In the last century, three powerful forcesoil, cars, and suburbsbuoyed the American dream. Yet now, the quality of life in the United States is declining due to these same three forces. Our dependence on oil is a root cause of wars, recessions, and natural disasters. Cars consume an outsize share of our incomes and force us to squander time in traffic. Meanwhile, expensive, spread-out suburbs devour farmlandand in a vicious cycle, further entrench our reliance on cars and oil.

In Terra Nova, conservation ecologist Eric W. Sandersonthe national bestselling author of Mannahattaoffers concrete steps toward a solution. He delves into natural history, architecture, chemistry, and politics, to show how the American relationship to nature has shaped our past, and how it can affect our future.

Illustrated throughout with maps, charts, and inf

Terra Nova

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      Publisher Abrams & Chronicle
      Imprint Abrams
      Published 4 June 2013
      ISBN-13 9781419704345
      978-1419704345
      ISBN-10 1419704346
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A look at what the American lifestyle has done to the environmentand how to move toward a better future.

      In the last century, three powerful forcesoil, cars, and suburbsbuoyed the American dream. Yet now, the quality of life in the United States is declining due to these same three forces. Our dependence on oil is a root cause of wars, recessions, and natural disasters. Cars consume an outsize share of our incomes and force us to squander time in traffic. Meanwhile, expensive, spread-out suburbs devour farmlandand in a vicious cycle, further entrench our reliance on cars and oil.

      In Terra Nova, conservation ecologist Eric W. Sandersonthe national bestselling author of Mannahattaoffers concrete steps toward a solution. He delves into natural history, architecture, chemistry, and politics, to show how the American relationship to nature has shaped our past, and how it can affect our future.

      Illustrated throughout with maps, charts, and inf

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